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錦 — 16 strokes / Radical「金」

道
2High school graduate / general / 16 strokes / Radical「金」
On
キンきん · kin
Kun
にしきnishiki
Meaning
brocade

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Gold plus silk: silk woven through with gold thread — brocade.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキンきんkin錦秋きんしゅう
Kunにしきnishiki錦絵にしきえ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 錦秋きんしゅう

    autumn in brocade colours

  • 錦絵にしきえ

    coloured woodblock print

More words with this kanji

  • 錦繡きんしゅう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)が錦(にしき)のように色(いろ)づいた。

The mountains have turned the colours of brocade.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

錦秋錦絵錦秋autumn絵pictur…釜iron…錮confin…鍵key鍋pot鎌sickle巾cloth亀tortoi…僅a mere斤axe今now
CompoundRadicalReading

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