Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

緻: fine (i.e. not coarse)

N1 (our estimate)16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 致 is drawn in

16 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

チchi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 緻密ちみつfine (grain, workmanship, etc.)
  • 精緻せいちdelicate; minute; fine
  • 巧緻こうちelaborate; exquisite; detailed

Also read こまかい, 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
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 致 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhì

Japan keeps the traditional form 緻; mainland China simplifies it to 致.

Simplified
致 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
緻 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhì 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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