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    3. 絹

    絹

    絹きぬ

    silk

    N1KMT10Freq #1916Fashion & BeautyKanji13 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    きぬ

    On'yomi

    ケン

    silk

    糸肙

    糸
    口
    月

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    絽結給絡綺綢綰緝結繰絡狷絮絽綺緝絳綟腎継繃

    Alternative forms of this concept

    糹

    Concepts using this kanji

    絹

    silk

    人絹

    rayon

    ビスコース人絹

    viscose rayon

    絹本

    silk canvas

    本絹

    pure silk

    絹地

    silk fabrics

    絹目

    matte finish (e.g. of photographs)

    平絹

    plain silk

    正絹

    pure silk

    絹一匹

    one roll of silk

    八丈絹

    plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island)

    絹物

    silk goods

    富士絹

    Fuji silk

    人造絹糸

    rayon

    生絹

    raw silk products

    白絹

    white silk

    絹の道

    Silk Road

    絹針

    needle for silkwork

    絹糸光沢

    silky luster

    西洋絹柳

    osier (Salix viminalis)

    絹張り

    silk finish

    絹行灯

    lantern with a silk cloth-covered frame

    素絹

    coarse silk

    絹織物

    silk goods

    絹雲母

    sericite

    練絹

    glossy silk cloth

    絹絵

    picture on silk

    絵絹

    sized silk canvas (used for traditional Japanese painting)

    絹糸腺

    silk gland

    純絹

    pure silk

    絹皮

    silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot

    絹糸

    silk thread

    絹柳

    Salix kinuyanagi (species of willow)

    絹層雲

    cirrostratus

    絹を裂くよう

    shrill

    絹縮

    silk crepe

    絹麻

    thin linen polished to appear like silk

    絹毛鼠

    hamster (any rodent of subfamily Cricetinae)

    薄絹

    thin or light silk

    絹鳴り

    rustling sound of silk cloth

    絹ごし豆腐

    silken tofu

    絹布

    silk

    絹綿

    silk floss

    絹糸紡績

    silk spinning

    垂れ絹

    hanging silk

    絹さや

    snow pea

    絹ごし

    filtering through silk cloth

    絹猿

    common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

    綾絹

    twilled silk fabric

    絹紬

    pongee (unbleached silk)

    絹蘭

    lawn orchid

    篩絹

    bolting cloth

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 口
    • 月
    • 糸

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    • 絹
    • 絹織物
    • 絹針
    • 絹地
    • 絹布
    • 絹本
    • 絹綿
    • 絹目
    • 絹さや
    • 人絹
    • 正絹
    • 生絹
    • 平絹
    • 本絹
    • 絹紬
    • 絹糸
    • 薄絹
    • 素絹
    • 絹糸紡績
    • 絹物
    • 絹絵
    • 絹ごし
    • 純絹
    • 人造絹糸
    • 練絹
    • 絵絹
    • 綾絹
    • 富士絹
    • 絹一匹
    • 絹張り
    • 絹層雲
    • ビスコース人絹
    • 垂れ絹
    • 絹蘭
    • 絹猿
    • 絹ごし豆腐
    • 絹毛鼠
    • 絹雲母
    • 絹糸腺
    • 八丈絹
    • 絹行灯
    • 白絹
    • 絹の道
    • 絹柳
    • 西洋絹柳
    • 絹皮
    • 絹を裂くよう
    • 絹麻
    • 絹鳴り
    • 篩絹
    • 絹縮
    • 絹糸光沢

    Similar concepts

    • 絽
    • 結
    • 給
    • 絡
    • 綺
    • 綢
    • 綰
    • 緝
    • 繰
    • 狷
    • 絮
    • 絳
    • 綟
    • 腎
    • 継
    • 繃

    Variants

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