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Kanji Detail for 錦 - "brocade, honorable return"

錦

  • Meaning

    錦 means "brocade, honorable return." Also associated with beautiful.

    1. Brocade - A richly decorated woven fabric.

    2. Beautiful - Splendid; gorgeous.

    3. Honorable return - A glorious homecoming.

  • Four-character idioms with 錦

    • 錦上添花 きんじょうてんか Listen adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty (honor, grace) with even greater glory
    • 錦衣玉食 きんいぎょくしょく Listen beautiful clothes and fine food; life of luxury

  • Tattoo check: 錦

    • Verified meaning: brocade, honorable return
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あや, きん, きんじ, こん)
    • Also carries these associations: beautiful

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 錦

    Given names 錦(きん)Listen 錦(にしき)Listen

    Surnames 錦(あや)Listen 錦(きんじ)Listen 錦(こん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    brocade; fine dress; honors

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    brocade, tapestry; embroidered

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    brocade; embroidered work; bright

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    brocade, tapestry; embroidered

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

    Multi-colored woven patterns. | A term of praise. As in clever thinking is called 錦心 (brocade heart). Beautiful literary language is called 錦藻 (brocade diction).

  • Onyomi

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    kin(キン) キン

  • Kunyomi

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    nishiki(にしき) にしき

  • Strokes

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    16 strokes

  • Radical

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    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    brocade beautiful honorable return elegant embroidery exquisite fashion gorgeous luxurious ornate pattern richly silk splendid textile woven

Sentences including 錦

  • The mountainside was ablaze with the autumn colors of the trees.

More kanji with the radical 金 (kane・kanehen)

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