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Kanji Detail for 紈 - "white silk"
紈
- Meaning
紈 means "white silk."
White silk - Pure white silk fabric.
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The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
white silk; fine silk; gauze
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
white silk, fine silk; gauze
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
gauze; fine white silk
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Silk that is fine, smooth, and lustrous. Such as 冰紈 (ice silk), 霜紈 (frost silk). All praised for being light, thin, and pure white. The ancient explanation is plain. Also called 白熱. Probably like today's processed silk. Also used to make fans. Hence now round fans are called 紈扇.
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