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錦 = 帛 + 金
錦 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “brocade”. It is built from 帛 (napkin) and 金 (gold). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 439.
- Keyword
- brocade
- RTK frame
- 439
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- にしき
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- парча
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 錦 brocade
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 錦 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “napkin” + “gold”. 錦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 錦 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.