The kanji 繕 primarily means "to mend," "to repair," or "to patch." It conveys the idea of fixing something that is broken, damaged, or torn, restoring it to a usable or good condition. This can apply to various objects and situations.

・On-yomi (音読み): セン (sen) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): つくろ(う) (tsukuro(u))

⚫︎繕う (tsukuro(u)) Translation: To mend; to repair; to patch up. ⚫︎補繕 (hoson) Translation: Repairing; mending. ⚫︎繕い物 (tsukuroimono) Translation: Mending work; a repaired item.

The kanji 繕 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, けいせいもじ). The left side is the radical 糸 (ito), meaning "thread" or "silk", indicating that the character relates to something using thread. The right side is the phonetic component 㚘 (fu), which contributes to the sound. Therefore, it pictorially represents using thread to mend or repair something.