Japanese symbol for “crepe”
縮緬
ちりめん
Romaji: chirimen
(silk) crepe; crape
In Japanese, crepe is 縮緬, read ちりめん (chirimen).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n (silk) crepe; crape
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 縮小 | しゅくしょう shukushou | reduction; curtailment; cut |
| 短縮 | たんしゅく tanshuku | shortening; contraction; reduction |
| 圧縮 | あっしゅく asshuku | compression |
| 濃縮 | のうしゅく noushuku | concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation |
| 萎縮 | いしゅく ishuku | withering; shrivelling; shrinking |
| 恐縮 | きょうしゅく kyoushuku | feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; being thankful |
| 泰緬鉄道 | たいめんてつどう taimentetsudou | Thai-Burma Railway |
| 英緬戦争 | えいめんせんそう eimensensou | Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “crepe”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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