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漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

綾: design, figured cloth

Also: twill

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

糸 carries the meaning · 夌 is drawn in

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

あやaya · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 綾錦あやにしきtwill damask and brocade
  • 綾糸あやいとcolored thread; coloured thread
  • 綾織あやおりtwill (fabric)

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

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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.”
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
夌

Also built on 夌

Also read リン

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
綾 design · 糸
vs稜 angle · 禾
綾 has 糸 where 稜 has 禾.
In ChineseSimplified 绫 · traditional, as in Japanese · líng

Japan keeps the traditional form 綾; mainland China simplifies it to 绫.

Simplified
绫 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
綾 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin líng 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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