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Kanji for Silk thread
The kanji for “silk thread” is 綸, read rin and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
綸
silk thread
A strong silk thread; also an emperor’s words.
14 strokes On reading リン、カン (rin, kan) Kun reading いと (ito) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: thread, silk cloth
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ito, rin
In Japan it appears in about 64 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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