繊 – slender, fine, thin kimono

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The kanji 繊 means slender, fine, thin kimono. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン (sen). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen

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: 糸・幺・小・土・戈・赤.

Words using 繊

化繊かせんsynthetic fiber繊維せんいfibre

Example sentences

マイクロファイバークロスは、髪の毛の１００分の１という細さの繊維で編みあげられたクロスです。

Microfibre cloth is cloth woven from fibres as narrow as a hundredth of the width of a hair.

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Kanji with the same radical

経約統総続結組終線細紙系編織給維

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