紬

11 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

pongee (a knotted silk cloth)

Kun'yomi
  • つむぎ
    		pongee
  • つむぐ
On'yomi
  • チュウ

Main Radical

糸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

つむぎ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

pongee (a knotted silk cloth)
つむぎ　チュウ　つむ.ぐ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
thread
いと　シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
wherefore, a reason
ユウ　ユ　ユイ (3rd, N3)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ

Common Words

つむぎ
紬
pongee
おお
大
しま
島
つむぎ
紬
Oshima tsumugi weave
ゆう
結
き
城
つむぎ
紬
silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye)
しろ
白
つむぎ
紬
white pongee
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References

Unicode hex code 7D2C
JIS X 0208 1-36-61
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3513
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4462
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1684
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 896
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1215
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2666
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2708
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1951
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 27338
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2193
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6a5.3
Four corner code 2596.0