紡 means “spin (thread)”

つむぐ · tsumugu

Also: spinning

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

つむぐ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ボウ

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The story

Thread (糸) beside 方, direction: fibers twisted all one way into yarn. 紡ぐ is to spin thread, and also to spin words into a story, while 紡績, spinning, filled the great textile mills of Meiji Japan.

Used in 紡ぐ (tsumugu, to spin), 紡績 (bouseki, spinning), and 混紡 (konbou, blended fabric)

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