Moto 絹: SilkKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ケン
- Kun'yomi
- きぬ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 60 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ケン)
- 絹糸けんしsilk thread
- ビスコース人絹ビスコースじんけんviscose rayon
- 人絹じんけんrayon; artificial silk
- 人造絹糸じんぞうけんしrayon
- 本絹ほんけんpure silk
- 正絹しょうけんpure silk
- 純絹じゅんけんpure silk
- 素絹そけんcoarse silk
- 絹層雲けんそううんcirrostratus; cirrostratus cloud
- 絹積雲けんせきうんcirrocumulus
- 絹糸光沢けんしこうたくsilky luster; silky lustre
- 絹糸紡績けんしぼうせきsilk spinning
- 絹糸腺けんしせんsilk gland
- 絹雲けんうんcirrus (cloud)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 絹きぬsilk
- 絹織物きぬおりものsilk goods
- ふるい絹ふるいぎぬbolting cloth
- 八丈絹はちじょうぎぬplain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island)
- 垂れ絹たれぎぬhanging silk; curtain
- 富士絹ふじぎぬFuji silk
- 平絹ひらぎぬplain silk
- 白絹しらぎぬwhite silk
- 絵絹えぎぬsilk canvas
- 絹ごしきぬごしfiltering through silk cloth; straining through silk cloth
- 絹ごし豆腐きぬごしどうふsilken tofu; soft tofu
- 絹さやきぬさやsnow pea; snow peas
- 絹の道きぬのみちSilk road
- 絹ばりきぬばりsilk finish
- 絹を裂くようきぬをさくようshrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
- 絹地きぬじsilk fabrics
- 絹張りきぬばりsilk finish
- 絹柳きぬやなぎSalix kinuyanagi (species of willow)
- 絹毛鼠きぬげねずみhamster (any rodent of subfamily Cricetinae)
- 絹漉しきぬごしfiltering through silk cloth; straining through silk cloth
- 絹漉し豆腐きぬごしどうふsilken tofu; soft tofu
- 絹物きぬものsilk goods
- 絹猿きぬざるcommon marmoset (Callithrix (Callithrix) jacchus)
- 絹皮きぬかわsilky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot
- 絹目きぬめmatte finish (e.g. of photographs)
- 絹絵きぬえpicture on silk
- 絹綿きぬわたsilk floss
- 絹莢きぬさやsnow pea; snow peas
- 絹蘭きぬらんlawn orchid; soldier's orchid (Zeuxine strateumatica)
- 絹針きぬばりneedle for silkwork
- 絹雲母きぬうんもsericite
- 絹鳴りきぬなりrustling sound of silk cloth; scroop
- 絹麻きぬあさthin linen polished to appear like silk
- 綾絹あやぎぬtwilled silk fabric
- 練り絹ねりぎぬglossy silk cloth; degummed silk cloth
- 薄絹うすぎぬthin or light silk; sheer silk
- 西洋絹柳せいようきぬやなぎosier (Salix viminalis)
Other readings
- 絹布けんぷsilk; silk cloth
- 生絹すずしraw silk products
- 甲斐絹かいきsea air; sea breeze
- 篩絹ふるいぎぬbolting cloth
- 絹一匹きぬいっぴきone roll of silk
- 絹本けんぽんsilk canvas; artwork on silk
- 絹縮きぬちぢみsilk crepe; crinkled silk
- 絹行灯きぬあんどんsilk fixed lantern
- 練絹ねりぎぬglossy silk cloth; degummed silk cloth
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