続

See also: 續 and 续

続 U+7D9A, 続 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D9A ← 継 [U+7D99] CJK Unified Ideographs 綛 → [U+7D9B]

Translingual

Traditional	續
Shinjitai	続
Simplified	续

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai simplified from 續 (賣 → 売)

Han character

続 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火土月山 (VFGBU), composition ⿰糹売)

1. continue, carry on
2. succeed

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 926, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27533
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3401, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7D9A

Japanese

Shinjitai	続
Kyūjitai	續

Kanji

続

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 續)

1. to continue, continuation

Readings

• Go-on: ぞく (zoku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
• Kun: つづく (tsuzuku, 続く, Jōyō); つづける (tsuzukeru, 続ける, Jōyō); つぐ (tsugu, 続ぐ)
• Nanori: つぎ (tsugi); つぐ (tsugu); つづく (tsuzuku); ひで (hide)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
続
ぞく Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
續 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 續 (MC zjowk).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぞ​く [zóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

• The pitch accent only applies to the noun sense.

Noun

続(ぞく) • (zoku) 

1. a continuation
2. (by extension, literature and other media) next installment

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 続(ぞく)編(へん) (zokuhen): a sequel, a continuation of an earlier work

Prefix

続(ぞく) • (zoku-) 

1. (literature and other media) next installment