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錦

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • brocade
  • fine dress
  • honors

On'yomi (音読み)

  • キン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • にしき
Strokes
16
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1587
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
金#167 · gold

Components

Common Words

  • 錦にしきNoun
    brocade
  • 錦絵にしきえNoun
    nishiki-e, multi-colour woodblock print
  • 唐錦からにしきNoun
    Chinese brocade
  • 堆錦ついきんNoun
    Ryūkyūan lacquerware technique (using a pigmented lacquer design pasted onto the lacquered surface)
  • 綾錦あやにしきNoun
    twill damask and brocade
  • 蜀錦しょっきんNoun
    type of brocade
  • 錦上きんじょうNoun
    crowning beauty with even greater glory
  • 錦卵にしきたまごNoun
    silk brocade eggs, nishiki tamago, sweet steamed layered egg cake

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

堆piled highたい、つい、うずたか11 strokes唐T'angとう、からN110 strokes絵pictureかい、えN312 strokes卵eggらん、たまごN27 strokes上aboveじょう、しょう、しゃんN53 strokes整organizeせい、ととのN116 strokes

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