Chinese symbol for “damask”
绫
líng
Traditional: 綾
damask; thin silk
The closest CC-CEDICT match for damask is 绫 (líng), defined as: damask; thin silk.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 绫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绫罗绸缎 (綾羅綢緞) | líng luó chóu duàn | (idiom) silk and satin |
See also: Japanese symbol for “damask”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.