Kanji
紬
N1
11 strokes
Grade 9
pongee (a knotted silk cloth)
On'yomi (音読み)
チュウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
つむぎ、 つむ.ぐ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
絹紬
けんちゅう
pongee (unbleached silk)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
紬
つむぎ
tsumugi; pongee
大島紬
おおしまつむぎ
Oshima tsumugi weave (type of pongee made in the Amami islands)
紬糸
つむぎいと
tsumugi silk yarn; (spun) silk noil yarn
結城紬
ゆうきつむぎ
silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye); Yūki pongee
紬鯊
つむぎはぜ
yellowfin toxic goby (Yongeichthys criniger); horny goby
白紬
しろつむぎ
white pongee