Share this link via
Or copy link
Kanji Detail for 紬 - "pongee, silk, weave"
紬
- Meaning
紬 means "pongee, silk, weave."
Pongee - A type of silk fabric woven from wild silk.
Spin - To draw out fibers into thread.
Extract - To draw out; to pull forth.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
pongee (a knotted silk cloth)
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
kind of thin silk
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
silk
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Coarse silk. Drawing coarse cocoon threads and spinning and weaving is called 紬. Like today's 綿紬 (cotton pongee), 繭紬 (cocoon silk). Also now used as a general term for silk fabrics. Commonly written as 綢.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
- Related Keywords