継ぐ
つぐ · tsugu · JLPT N3 · verb-godan
to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance
🧵👑 継 has the 糸 thread radical: you tie on and carry the family line onward
The 糸 (thread) radical marks things that connect. 継ぐ means picking up where someone left off: 後を継ぐ (ato wo tsugu) is to take over after someone, e.g. inheriting the family shop. Same kanji as in 継続, continuation.