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Kanji for Brocade
The kanji for “brocade” is 錦, read kin and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
brocade
Rich brocade of many colors; splendor.
Nishiki Market in Kyoto is famously known as "Kyoto's Kitchen," serving traditional culinary delicacies for four centuries.
16 strokes On reading キン (kin) Kun reading にしき (nishiki) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: brocade, fine dress, honors
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kin, nishiki
In Japan it appears in about 108 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
Names written with 錦: Kimberly 錦葉里 · Kimber 錦葉 · Kingsley 錦久寿里 · Kimberley 錦葉里
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