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Kanji Detail for 緞 - "satin"

  • Meaning

    緞 means "satin."

    1. Satin - A thick, glossy silk fabric.

  • Four-character idioms with

    • 金襴緞子 きんらんどんす Listen gold-brocaded satin damask
  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    damask

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    satin

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    satin

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    satin

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

    Thick silk that is smooth and lustrous. Originally written as 段. Using the meaning of a piece of fabric as the name for silk. In Tang times, Peng and Yue prefectures. Already had tribute silk. Not valued at the time. In Ming Tianshun era. Suzhou, Songjiang, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou five prefectures. Began producing colored satin. Satin then became popular. Now a type of silk fabric.
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