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Kanji Detail for 綺 - "beautiful, silk, splendid"
綺
- Meaning
綺 means "beautiful, silk, splendid."
Beautiful - Lovely; gorgeous.
Figured silk - Patterned fabric.
Splendid - Magnificent; wonderful.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
figured cloth; beautiful
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
fine thin silk; elegant, beautiful
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
beautiful; open-work silk
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
fine silk; elegant, beautiful
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Silk fabric with patterns slanting and not following the warp and weft is called 綺. | Meaning of crisscross. Such as 綺道, 綺陌. Meaning crisscrossing like 綺 patterns. | A metaphor for beautiful. Such as saying 綺情 (romantic feelings), 綺語 (flowery language).
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
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Sentences including 綺
Keep your hands clean.
The sky in the night is a very clean thing.
He keeps his room clean.
What lovely flowers these are !
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
その下へ来た時、先生は高い梢を見上げて、「もう少しすると、綺麗ですよ。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
奥さんは綺麗な眉を寄せて、私の半分ばかり注いで上げた盃を、唇の先へ持って行った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
脂がこびり着いてやしませんか」「綺麗に落ちました」「この羽織はつい此間拵えたばかりなんだよ。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
そうして綺麗に刈り込んだ生垣の下で、裾をまくって小便をした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私には綺麗な花を罪もないのに妄りに鞭うつと同じような不快がそのうちに籠っていたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私には綺麗な花を罪もないのに妄りに鞭うつと同じような不快がそのうちに籠っていたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha