縫 character

縫 means sewing or stitching; in Mandarin it can also name a seam or gap. In Japanese, it works as a verb meaning “to sew.”

Text symbol

What 縫 means

It means sewing or stitching; in Mandarin, also a seam or gap.

A Han-era Chinese dictionary, Shuowen Jiezi, defines 縫 as stitching clothes with a needle. 糸 marks thread; 逢 supplies the sound.

Mandarin pinyin féng (rising tone) is the verb; fèng (falling tone) names a seam or gap, or figuratively a flaw. Japanese 縫う (ぬう, roughly “noo” with a long u) means to sew or mend.

Neutral written character in Chinese and Japanese.

Alone, 縫 leaves the Mandarin reading unclear.

Part of the collection

漢

Kanji (Japanese Characters)

Who writes 縫

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

Féng: sew clothes.

Don't confuse it with

缝

CJK Unified Ideograph-7F1D

缝 is the simplified Chinese form of 縫; both carry the same meanings.

Combination ideas

Joining; also wound suturing.

Sewing as needlework.

Patching over a defect, often figuratively.

Questions people ask

Why does 縫 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.