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Kanji Detail for 絹 - "silk, cloth, fabric"
絹
- Meaning
絹 means "silk, cloth, fabric."
Silk - A fine fabric from silkworms.
Silken - Lustrous; smooth like silk.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
silk
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
kind of thick stiff silk
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
thin, tough silk fabric
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
a kind of thick stiff silk
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Silk fabric that is thick and loose. Anciently, all raw silk fabrics. Like 縞素縑 and such. Were types of 絹. Now silk has raw and processed types. Raw is convenient for dyeing. Hence painting scrolls often use it.
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