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Kanji Detail for 綺 - "beautiful, figured silk, splendid"

綺

  • Meaning

    綺 means "beautiful, figured silk, splendid."

    1. Beautiful - Lovely; gorgeous.

    2. Figured silk - Patterned fabric.

    3. 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).
  • Onyomitip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomitip

    aya(あや) あや

  • Strokestip

    14 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords
    beautiful figured silk splendid elegant exquisite gorgeous graceful lovely charming stunning radiant refined pretty attractive

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 !

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