絹

Information about character(s)

Radical: 糸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 13
Simplified Form: 绢

Pronunciation

Pinyin: juàn, xuàn
Cantonese: gyun3
JapaneseKun: KINU
JapaneseOn: KEN
Korean: KYEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: kind of thick stiff silk

CE-Dict: thin, tough silk fabric

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a very thin and tough silk fabric

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: thin silk

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: thin silk

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《糸部》絹繒如麥䅌。从糸肙聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】絹
【廣韻】【正韻】吉掾切【集韻】【韻會】規掾切，𠀤音狷。【說文】繒如麥䅌。【博雅】䋷𦇎鮮支縠絹也。【釋名】絹，䋌也，其絲䋌厚而疏也。【廣韻】縑也。　又【集韻】古泫切，音犬。罥，或作絹。【周禮·秋官·冥氏註】弧張罿罦之屬，所以扃絹禽獸。又【翨氏註】置其所食之物于絹中，鳥來，下則掎其足。　又【集韻】熒絹切，音炫。射侯綱紐。
考證：〔【博雅】繁繐鮮支縠絹也。〕　謹照原文繁改䋷。繐改𦇎。

Japanese Places Kinu (loc)

CF-Dict: étoffe légère de soie/lustrine

Han-De-Dict: locker gewobene Seide (u.E.)