縁 affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink 15 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1291 in newspapers Readings Onエン、-ネン Kunふち、ふち.どる、ゆかり、よすが、へり、えにし In Chinese 缘, traditional 緣 Words written with it 縁 ふち rim N3 無縁 むえん unrelated 因縁 いんねん fate 血縁 けつえん blood relationship 縁起 えんぎ omen 絶縁 ぜつえん breaking off relations (with) 縁談 えんだん marriage proposal N1 縁側 えんがわ engawa N1 地縁 ちえん territorial relationship 縁故 えんこ relation 養子縁組 ようしえんぐみ adoption (of a person) 額縁 がくぶち (picture) frame