綺 — kanji meaning “figured cloth”
綺
figured cloth, beautiful
- Meanings
- figured cloth, beautiful
- On'yomi
- キ (ki)
- Kun'yomi
- あや
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2413 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- qǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 綺
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 綺麗 | きれい kirei | pretty; lovely; beautiful |
| 綺麗事 | きれいごと kireigoto | whitewashing; glossing over; lip service |
| 綺羅 | きら kira | fine clothes |
| 口綺麗 | くちぎれい kuchigirei | elegant (speech); clear; high-sounding |
| 手綺麗 | てぎれい tegirei | neatly made |
| 狂言綺語 | きょうげんきご kyougenkigo | make-believe fiction |
| 綾綺殿 | りょうきでん ryoukiden | pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace) |
| 綺譚 | きたん kitan | beautiful story |
| 綺語 | きご kigo | embellishing one's words (one of the ten evil deeds) |
| 綺麗さび | きれいさび kireisabi | kirei-sabi; aesthetic based on wabi-sabi with a bigger focus on elegance, associated with the Enshū school of tea ceremony |
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