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Kanji Detail for 綺 - "beautiful, figured silk"

綺

  • Meaning

    綺 means "beautiful, figured silk." Also associated with splendid.

    1. Beautiful - Lovely; gorgeous.

    2. Figured silk - Patterned fabric.

    3. Splendid - Magnificent; wonderful.

  • Words using 綺

    • 綺麗 きれい Listen pretty; lovely; beautiful

  • Four-character idioms with 綺

    • 狂言綺語 きょうげんきご Listen make-believe fiction

  • Tattoo check: 綺

    • Verified meaning: beautiful, figured silk
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あや, きらら)
    • Also carries these associations: splendid

    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 綺

    Given names 綺(あや)Listen 綺(きらら)Listen

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  • 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

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    aya(あや) あや

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    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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