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絹

Silk
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingケン
Kun readingきぬ

Meanings

  1. silkRtK

Synonyms

シルク

Radicals and components

Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · mouth (口) · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1468

Compound words

日本は大量の絹を取引していたものだ。
Japan used to trade silk in large quantities.tatoeba
雌豚の耳から絹の財布は作れない。
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Silk. 糸 (thread) + 肙 (silkworm) — thread from a silkworm cocoon.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 絹

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step