漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
絢: brilliant fabric design
JLPT N112 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 旬 is drawn in
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 絢爛けんらんgorgeous; brilliant; dazzling
- 絢文けんぶんcolorful pattern; colourful pattern
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 絢緞子あやどんすdamask
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
旬
Also built on decameron (旬)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side絢 brilliant fabric design · 旬
vs紳 sire · 申In ChineseSimplified 绚 · traditional, as in Japanese · xuàn
Japan keeps the traditional form 絢; mainland China simplifies it to 绚.
- Simplified
- 绚 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 絢 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xuàn 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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