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Kanji Detail for 絢 - "beautiful pattern, brilliant"

  • Meaning

    絢 means "beautiful pattern, brilliant."

    1. Beautiful pattern - Lovely designs in woven fabric.

    2. Brilliant - Gorgeous; splendid; radiant.

  • Four-character idioms with

    • 絢爛豪華 けんらんごうか Listen luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
    • 豪華絢爛 ごうかけんらん Listen luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: beautiful pattern, brilliant
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あき, あみ, あや, けん)

    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

    Given names (あや)Listen (けん)Listen (じゅん)Listen

    Surnames (あき)Listen (あみ)Listen (けんじ)Listen (けんしょう)Listen (けんそう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    brilliant fabric design

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    variegated, adorned; brilliant

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    adorned; swift; gorgeous; brilliant; variegated

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    variegated, adorned; brilliant

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

    Ornamented.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

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    none
  • Strokes

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  • Radical

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