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紬: pongee (a knotted silk cloth)

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 由 is drawn in

11 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

チュウchuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 絹紬けんちゅうpongee (unbleached silk)

つむぎtsumugi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 紬つむぎtsumugi; pongee
  • 紬糸つむぎいとtsumugi silk yarn; (spun) silk noil yarn

Also read つむぐ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
More in the 糸 thread story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
糸

Also built on thread (糸)

All 71
由

Also built on wherefore (由)

14 in all

Also read チュウ

18 kanji share this on'yomiAll 18

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
紬 pongee (a knotted silk cloth) · 由
vs紳 sire · 申
紬 has 由 where 紳 has 申.
In ChineseSimplified 绸 · traditional, as in Japanese · chóu

Japan keeps the traditional form 紬; mainland China simplifies it to 绸.

Simplified
绸 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
紬 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin chóu most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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