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Kanji Detail for 紋 - "crest, pattern"

紋

  • Meaning

    紋 means "crest, pattern." Also associated with lines.

    1. Pattern - Designs on woven fabric.

    2. Lines - Wrinkles; streaks; things with wrinkles.

    3. Crest - Family emblem; a symbol representing a family.

  • Words using 紋

    • 波紋 はもん Listen ripple; ring on the water; repercussions
    • 指紋 しもん Listen fingerprint

  • Tattoo check: 紋

    • Verified meaning: crest, pattern
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あき, あや, あやか, もん)
    • Also carries these associations: lines

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 紋

    Given names 紋(あき)Listen 紋(あや)Listen 紋(あやか)Listen 紋(もん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    family crest; figures

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    line, streak, stripe; wrinkle

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    line; trace; mark; pattern; grain (of wood etc)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    line, stripe; pattern, decoration; wrinkle

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Patterns on brocade. Now generally, wrinkle marks on things are all called 紋. Such as 波紋 (ripples), 冰紋 (ice patterns). | 紋銀. Refers to silver cast into ingots. With fine patterns. Colloquially also abbreviated as 紋.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    mon(モン) モン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    pattern lines crest emblem badge design insignia mark monogram motif seal heraldry family crest ripple streaks

Sentences including 紋

  • The stone started ripples in the pond.

  • The police dusted the van for fingerprints.

  • The fingerprints on the knife attest to her guilt.

  • Tom carefully wiped his fingerprints off the knife.

  • I'm not going to carelessly blurt out something that would cause trouble!

  • Tom put on some rubber gloves so he wouldn't leave fingerprints.

  • The fingerprints left on the weapon correspond with the suspect's.

  • The police compared the fingerprints on the gun with those on the door.

  • The police compared the fingerprints on the gun with those on the door.

  • Fingerprints left in the room proved the murderer's guilt.

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