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    3. 錦

    錦

    錦にしき

    brocade

    N1KMT9Freq #1440Culture & TraditionsArt & DesignFashion & BeautyKanji16 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    にしき

    On'yomi

    キン

    Nanori

    かねあやにし

    brocadefine dresshonors

    金帛

    金
    白
    日
    巾

    Stroke 0 / 16

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    錯錫錬鍠鏥鑠緜綿錯錫錬鑠帛鏥鍠鋼錆録錏錣

    Alternative forms of this concept

    釒

    Concepts using this kanji

    錦

    brocade

    錦地

    your place of residence

    錦絵

    nishiki-e

    錦木

    winged spindle-tree (Euonymus alatus)

    錦玉子

    silk brocade eggs

    錦上

    crowning beauty with even greater glory

    錦川清流線

    Nishikigawa Seiryū Line

    錦穴子

    splendid garden eel (Gorgasia preclara)

    錦絵新聞

    nishiki-e shinbun

    内裸でも外錦

    we must keep up appearances to go through the world

    錦秋

    autumn where the foliage is as beautiful as brocade

    錦上に花を敷く

    to crown beauty with even greater beauty

    錦上添花

    adding a crowning touch of beauty (to)

    錦上花を添える

    to crown beauty with even greater glory

    錦衣玉食

    beautiful clothes and fine food

    錦草

    trailing spurge (Euphorbia humifusa)

    錦織

    brocade

    毛織錦

    woollen brocade

    錦衣

    fine clothes

    錦華鳥

    zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

    網目錦蛇

    reticulated python (Python reticulatus)

    故郷に錦を飾る

    to come home in triumph

    故郷へ錦を飾る

    to come home in triumph

    錦旗

    pennant

    錦の御旗

    Imperial standard

    錦を飾る

    to return home loaded with honors

    錦糸卵

    thin omelette cut into strips

    唐錦

    Chinese brocade

    錦蛇

    python

    蜀江の錦

    type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan

    綾錦

    twill damask and brocade

    錦渦貝

    maculated top shell (Trochus maculatus)

    錦繍

    fabric with a brocade and embroidery

    堆錦

    Ryūkyūan lacquerware technique (using a pigmented lacquer design pasted onto the lacquered surface)

    錦鶏

    golden pheasant

    綴れ錦

    (hand-woven) brocade

    蜀錦

    type of brocade

    錦鯉

    coloured carp

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 巾
    • 日
    • 白
    • 金

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    • 綾錦
    • 錦
    • 錦絵
    • 錦鯉
    • 錦蛇
    • 錦上
    • 唐錦
    • 綴れ錦
    • 錦旗
    • 錦地
    • 毛織錦
    • 錦鶏
    • 錦上添花
    • 錦木
    • 錦上花を添える
    • 故郷に錦を飾る
    • 錦上に花を敷く
    • 錦華鳥
    • 網目錦蛇
    • 故郷へ錦を飾る
    • 蜀江の錦
    • 蜀錦
    • 錦秋
    • 錦繍
    • 錦渦貝
    • 錦糸卵
    • 錦穴子
    • 錦織
    • 錦玉子
    • 錦の御旗
    • 錦を飾る
    • 錦絵新聞
    • 錦衣
    • 錦衣玉食
    • 錦草
    • 内裸でも外錦
    • 堆錦
    • 錦川清流線

    Similar concepts

    • 錯
    • 錫
    • 錬
    • 鍠
    • 鏥
    • 鑠
    • 緜
    • 綿
    • 帛
    • 鋼
    • 錆
    • 録
    • 錏
    • 錣

    Variants

    • 釒

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