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Kanji Detail for 繻 - "thin silk, colorful silk"

  • Meaning

    繻 means "thin silk, colorful silk."

    1. Thin silk - A finely woven, sheer silk fabric.

    2. Colorful silk - A richly colored silk fabric.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    satin

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fine silk gauze; torn piece of silk

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    multicolored silk; piece of silk torn in two, used to verify the holder's identity by matching up the two halves

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

    Fine dense gauze. Using silk as a tally is called 軍繻. Meaning when leaving passes and using post horses. Writing on silk and tearing it to share. As a tally of trust. Seen in (Book of Han).
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