絡 get entangled

糸 (string) + 各 (each) Same-ON
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12 strokes

Onyomi

RAKU

Each ROCK and roller who got entangled with Courtney Love, wound up committing suicide.

Mnemonic

Each string gets entangled with the other string.

Kunyomi

( を ) から*む to get entangled in (a problem, a crime)
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( が ) から*まる something gets entangled (unlike からむ、 からまる tends to be used only literally)
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Jukugo

連絡(れんらく) する

inform ★★★★★
連 (take with / inform of) + 絡 (get entangled) = 連絡 (inform)

to inform, to let someone know. Like, "Let me know if you're coming. Call me when you get there," kind of thing.

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
絡 get entangled STRING 糸
格 character, aspect TREE 木
略 abbreviation RICEFIELD 田

You get entangled in STRING,
The Ents are TREEs, who were characters in Lord of the Rings.
And. . . .um . . .and you abbreviate a RICEFIELD when you harvest the rice.

Synonyms

connected or entangled
を絡む    に絡まる    に関わる    携わる    巻き付く