綺

14 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1
JLPT exam level N1

figured cloth, beautiful

Kun'yomi
  • あや
On'yomi
  • キ
    		thin twilled silk fabric

Main Radical

糸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

キ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

figured cloth, beautiful
キ　あや (Kentei 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)
strange, strangeness, curiosity
キ　く.しき　あや.しい (7th, N1)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
can, passable, approval
カ　コク　-べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ　テイ　チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

き
綺
れい
麗
pretty ②clean ③completely
き
綺
thin twilled silk fabric
き
綺
れい
麗
ごと
事
whitewashing ②deftly finishing up
き
綺
ら
羅
ぼし
星
glittering stars
き
綺
ら
羅
fine clothes
くち
口
ぎ
綺
れい
麗
elegant (speech) ②not gluttonous
て
手
ぎ
綺
れい
麗
neatly made
き
綺
れい
麗
　
ど
　
こ
　
ろ
geisha ②dressed-up beautiful woman
きょう
狂
げん
言
き
綺
ご
語
make-believe fiction
き
綺
れい
麗
　
な
ば
薔
ら
薇
　
に
　
は
とげ
棘
　
が
　
あ
　
る
there is no rose without a thorn
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References

Unicode hex code 7DBA
JIS X 0208 1-69-26
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3558
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4522
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1371
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1734
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 927
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1252
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2667
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2709
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2533
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 27586
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2195
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6a8.16
Four corner code 2492.1