錦

brocade

Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingキン

Kun readingにしき

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

brocadeRtK
彼は故郷に錦を飾って帰ってくる。A successful local boy is coming home.tatoeba
宝珠羯磨文錦横被Hoju Katsuma Monkin Ohiwiki
fine dress
honors

fine clothes

Radicals and components

Radical金gold 釒variant

Components

How it's built

錦

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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metal (金) · gold (金) · napkin · white (白) · dove · towel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 439

Compound words

錦絵にしきえ

nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print

綾錦あやにしき

twill damask and brocade

錦旗きんき

錦鯉にしきごい

錦蛇にしきへび

錦繍きんしゅう

fabric with a brocade and embroidery

錦上きんじょう

crowning beauty with even greater glory

錦地きんち

your place of residence

錦綉きんしゅう

fabric with a brocade and embroidery

錦繡きんしゅう

fabric with a brocade and embroidery

唐錦からにしき

Chinese brocade

錦襖子きんおうし

kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

綴れ錦つづれにしき

(hand-woven) brocade

つづれ錦つづれにしき

(hand-woven) brocade

Additional Examples

宝珠羯磨文錦横被

Hoju Katsuma Monkin Ohiwiki

死後、外小錦上。

After his death, Okida was given the quasi-shokinjo (the tenth grade of twenty-six of cap rank).wiki

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 錦

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