The kanji 絹: meaning, readings and stroke order
絹
- Meaning
- silk
- On reading
- ケン ken
- Kun reading
- きぬ kinu
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 糸 silk
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- lụa, tơ tằm (quyên)
- Japanese
- かいこの いとで できた ぬの。
- Korean
- 비단 (견)
- Chinese
- 丝绸、丝 (绢)
Readings, words and example sentences
ケン ken · on reading · less common
絹糸
silk thread
絹糸で 布を 織ります。
They weave cloth with silk thread.
きぬ kinu · kun reading
絹
silk
絹の 着物は 軽いです。
A silk kimono is light.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.