絹 – silk

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The kanji 絹 means silk. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン (ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is きぬ (kinu). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	きぬ	kinu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 月・口・糸・幺・小.

Words using 絹

絹きぬsilk

Example sentences

この美しいドレスは絹で出来ている。

This beautiful dress is made of silk.

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Kanji with the same radical

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