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絹
JLPT N1 SL6 13 strokes Frequency: #1916

Meanings

Silk

Radicals

糹

Decomposition

⿰糹肙

Etymology

Pictophonetic: silk

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 curve right-to-left
2 curve bottom-right-to-top-left
3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
5 diagonal bottom-to-top
6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
7 vertical right-to-left
8 corner right-to-left
9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
11 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
13 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ケン ken
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
きぬ kinu

Words Using This Kanji

51 words total
Other (20 words)
絹ごし きぬごし

filtering through silk cloth

絹絵 きぬえ

picture on silk

純絹 じゅんけん

pure silk

人造絹糸 じんぞうけんし

rayon

練絹 ねりぎぬ

glossy silk cloth

絵絹 えぎぬ

sized silk canvas (used for traditional Japanese painting)

綾絹 あやぎぬ

twilled silk fabric

富士絹 ふじぎぬ

Fuji silk

絹一匹 きぬいっぴき

one roll of silk

絹張り きぬばり

silk finish

絹層雲 けんそううん

cirrostratus

ビスコース人絹 ビスコースじんけん

viscose rayon

垂れ絹 たれぎぬ

hanging silk

絹蘭 きぬらん

lawn orchid

絹猿 きぬざる

common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

絹ごし豆腐 きぬごしどうふ

silken tofu

絹雲母 きぬうんも

sericite

絹行灯 きぬあんどん

lantern with a silk cloth-covered frame

白絹 しらぎぬ

white silk

絹の道 きぬのみち

Silk Road

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