紈

Information about character(s)

Radical: 糸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 9
Simplified Form: 纨

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wán
Cantonese: jyun4
JapaneseKun: SHIROGINU MUSUBU KASANARU
JapaneseOn: KAN GAN
Korean: HWAN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: white silk, fine silk; gauze

CE-Dict: white/white silk

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.fine white silk

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《糸部》紈素也。从糸丸聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】紈
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤胡官切，音桓。【說文】素也。【釋名】紈，煥也。細澤有光，煥煥然也。【急就篇註】紈卽素之輕者。【前漢·地理志】織作冰紈綺繡純麗之物。【註】如淳曰：紈，白熟也。臣瓚曰：冰紈，紈細密堅如冰者也。【文選·古詩】被服紈與素。【李善註】范子曰：白紈素出齊。　又【玉篇】結也。

CF-Dict: petit-maître

Han-De-Dict: feine Seide (u.E.)/weisse Seide (u.E.)