Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

綸: thread, silk cloth

JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 侖 is drawn in

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

リンrin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 綸子りんずfigured satin
  • 綸言りんげんimperial words
  • 経綸けいりんgoverning; administration; state policy

Also read カン, いと, 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
侖

Also built on 侖

Also read リン

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read カン

51 kanji share this on'yomiAll 51

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
綸 thread · 糸
vs論 argument · 言
綸 has 糸 where 論 has 言.
In ChineseSimplified 纶 · traditional, as in Japanese · lún

Japan keeps the traditional form 綸; mainland China simplifies it to 纶.

Simplified
纶 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
綸 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lún 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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