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錦
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
锦
🇨🇳

brocade

HSK 10 N1
Objects →Tools →Textiles
jǐn
キン
にしき
금
Silk 帛 inlaid with gold 釒; 釒 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (錦)
釒 kangxi+ 帛 silks =
錦 brocade
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
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帛 Meaning component
bó silks
silks, fabrics
Simplified (锦)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 帛 silks =
锦 brocade
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
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帛 Meaning component
bó silks
silks, fabrics
Notes
Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
錦
Regular
Modern
Chinese
锦 / 錦 [jǐn]
brocade; embroidered work; bright
Japanese
錦 にしき 同音

noun

  1. brocade
  2. fine dress; fine clothes
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
錦あやなす木々で山が染まっていた。
The mountainside was ablaze with the autumn colors of the trees.
Japanese Names
錦 あや
Aya unclassified name
錦 きん
Kin female given namesurname
錦 きんじ
Kinji unclassified name
錦 こん
Kon unclassified name
錦 にしき
Nishiki place namesurnamefemale given name
CHINESE WORDS (49)
锦标赛 [jǐn​biāo​sài] #7,444
championship contest
胡锦涛 [Hú​Jǐn​tāo] #3,883
Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013
世锦赛 [shì​jǐn​sài] #33,868
world championship
什锦 [shí​jǐn] #17,964
(food) assorted
锦上添花 [jǐn​shàng​tiān​huā] #22,154
lit. on brocade, add flowers (idiom); to decorate sth already perfect
集锦 [jí​jǐn] #29,355
best of the best
锦绣 [jǐn​xiù] #17,919
beautiful
锦州 [Jǐn​zhōu] #18,053
Jinzhou prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
锦标 [jǐn​biāo] #41,984
prize
锦江 [Jǐn​jiāng] #21,613
Jinjiang district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng​dū​shì], Sichuan
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JAPANESE WORDS (41)
錦織 [にしきおり] #55,560
brocade
錦絵 [にしきえ] #69,234
nishiki-e
錦の御旗 [にしきのみはた] #74,268
Imperial standard
錦鯉 [にしきごい] #76,917
coloured carp
錦旗 [きんき] #89,619
pennant
錦繍 [きんしゅう] #103,935
fabric with a brocade and embroidery
故郷に錦を飾る [こきょうににしきをかざる] #105,217
to come home in triumph
錦糸卵 [きんしたまご] #107,025
thin omelette cut into strips
錦木 [にしきぎ] #116,531
winged spindle-tree (Euonymus alatus)
錦を飾る [にしきをかざる] #120,313
to return home loaded with honors
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KOREAN WORDS (2)
금강
Geumgang River
금상첨화
icing on the cake; frosting on the cake