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Kanji for Silk
The kanji for “silk” is 絹, read ken and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
絹
silk
Silk; soft, strong and luxurious.
13 strokes On reading ケン (ken) Kun reading きぬ (kinu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: silk
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kinu, ken
In Japan it appears in about 72 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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