漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
綺: figured cloth, beautiful
JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 奇 is drawn in
14 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 綺麗きれいpretty; lovely; beautiful
- 綺羅きらfine clothes
- 綺談きだんromantic story; colorful story
Also read あや, with no example words in our sources. 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
奇
Also built on strange (奇)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side綺 figured cloth · 糸
vs椅 chair · 木In ChineseSimplified 绮 · traditional, as in Japanese · qǐ
Japan keeps the traditional form 綺; mainland China simplifies it to 绮.
- Simplified
- 绮 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 綺 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qǐ 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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