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絹 = 月 + 口 + 糸
絹 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “silk”. It is built from 月 (month), 口 (mouth) and 糸 (thread). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1468.
- Keyword
- silk
- RTK frame
- 1468
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ケン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- きぬ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- шелковый
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 絹 kind of thick stiff silk
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 絹 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “month” + “mouth” + “thread”. 絹 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 絹 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.