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錦

JLPT N1 16 strokes Frequency: #1440

Meanings

Brocade, Fine Dress, Honors

Radicals

釒

Decomposition

⿰釒帛

Etymology

Ideographic: Silk 帛 inlaid with gold 釒; 釒 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 dot bottom-to-top

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 rising bottom-to-top

9 dot right-to-left

10 vertical right-to-left

11 corner right-to-left

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

14 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

15 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

16 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キン kin

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

にしき nishiki

Words Using This Kanji

33 words total

Other (13 words)

錦糸卵きんしたまご

thin omelette cut into strips

brocade

silk brocade eggs

Imperial standard

to return home loaded with honors

錦絵新聞にしきえしんぶん

nishiki-e shinbun

錦衣きんい

fine clothes

錦衣玉食きんいぎょくしょく

beautiful clothes and fine food

錦草にしきそう

trailing spurge (Euphorbia humifusa)

内裸でも外錦うちはだかでもそとにしき

we must keep up appearances to go through the world

胡錦鳥コキンチョウ

Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae)

錦川清流線にしきがわせいりゅうせん

Nishikigawa Seiryū Line

綾錦あやにしき

twill damask and brocade

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