# 続 — continue

続 means “continue”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 13 strokes. On'yomi: ゾク (zoku). Kun'yomi: つづ(く) (tsuzuku). You'll see it in words such as 続々 (zokuzoku, “successively; one after another”).

- Meaning: continue
- On'yomi: ゾク (zoku)
- Kun'yomi: つづ(く) (tsuzuku)
- Strokes: 13
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Time 1

## How to remember 続

Thread (糸) sold (売) by the metre, and it just keeps going: continue.

Parts: 糸 thread · 売 sell

## Words with 続

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 続々 | ぞくぞく (zokuzoku) | successively; one after another |
| 続き | つづき (tsuzuki) | continuation; rest |
| 続く | つづく (tsuzuku) | to continue; to last |

## Don't confuse it with

[結](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/tie/) · [索](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/look-up/) · [統](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/unite/)

## More in the “Time 1” set

[期](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/period/) · [続](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/continue/) · [初](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/first-time/) · [予](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/beforehand/) · [際](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/occasion/) · [昨](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/yesterday/) · [歳](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/years-old/)

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