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Kanji for Figured silk
The kanji for “figured silk” is 綾, read rin and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
綾
figured silk
Beautifully patterned silk; elegant design.
14 strokes On reading リン (rin) Kun reading あや (aya) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: design, figured cloth, twill
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aya, ryou
In Japan it appears in about 312 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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