絹 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- ケンけん · ken
- Kun
- きぬkinu
- Meaning
- silk
Stroke order
Origin
糸 "thread" with a form for the silkworm; cloth woven from its thread — hence "silk."
Readings and examples
| Onケンけんken | 絹布けんぷ人絹じんけん |
|---|---|
| Kunきぬkinu | 絹きぬ薄絹うすぎぬ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 絹糸きぬいと
silk thread
- 人絹じんけん
rayon; artificial silk
Example
絹のハンカチをもらった。
I received a silk handkerchief.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)