The kanji 錦: meaning, readings and stroke order

錦

Meaning: brocade, colorful
On reading: キン kin
Kun reading: にしき nishiki
Strokes: 16
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: gấm, rực rỡ (cẩm)
Japanese: にしき。いろとりどりのきれいなぬの。
Korean: 비단, 화려하다 (금)
Chinese: 锦缎、绚丽 (锦)

Readings, words and example sentences

キン kin · on reading · less common

錦きん秋しゅう
autumn in brilliant colors
錦きん秋しゅうの山を歩きます。
I walk in the mountains, bright with autumn leaves.

にしき nishiki · kun reading · less common

錦にしき
brocade (rich patterned silk)
秋の山が 錦にしきのようです。
The autumn mountains look like brocade.

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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.