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

figured cloth, beautiful

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

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

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, mustn't
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

thin twilled silk fabric
glittering stars
fine clothes
geisha ②dressed-up beautiful woman
pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace)
beautiful story
embellishing one's words (one of the ten evil deeds) ②embellished language
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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