束 Kanji – bundle
The Japanese kanji 束 can mean bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control.
Meaning and Readings
How is 束 read?
束 has the onyomi reading ソク and the kunyomi readings たば, たばねる, つか, つかねる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as soku, taba, tabaneru, tsuka, tsukaneru.
Common Japanese Words Using 束
These common Japanese words contain 束. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 花束（はなたば） — bunch of flowers, bouquet
- 結束（けっそく） — union, unity, solidarity
- 拘束（こうそく） — restriction, restraint, binding, constraint
- 札束（さつたば） — bundle of banknotes, stack of bills
- 束（たば） — bundle, bunch, sheaf
- 束縛（そくばく） — restraint, restriction, fetters, yoke, shackles
- 約束（やくそく） — promise, agreement, arrangement, one's word, contract, pact
- 束ねる（たばねる） — to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe
- 約束通り（やくそくどおり） — as promised
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