Kanji
綺
N1
14 strokes
Grade 9
freq #2413
figured cloth, beautiful
On'yomi (音読み)
キ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
あや
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
綺麗
きれい
pretty; lovely
綺語
きご
embellishing one's words (one of the ten evil deeds)
綺譚
きたん
beautiful story
綾綺殿
りょうきでん
pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace)
口綺麗
くちぎれい
elegant (speech); clear
綺
き
thin twilled silk fabric
狂言綺語
きょうげんきご
make-believe fiction
綺麗事
きれいごと
whitewashing; glossing over
手綺麗
てぎれい
neatly made
綺羅
きら
fine clothes
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
綺麗な薔薇には棘がある
きれいなばらにはとげがある
there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn
月が綺麗ですね
つきがきれいですね
the moon is beautiful, isn't it?
綺羅星のごとく
きらほしのごとく
like glittering stars
綺麗さび
きれいさび
kirei-sabi; aesthetic based on wabi-sabi with a bigger focus on elegance, associated with the Enshū school of tea ceremony
綺麗かった
きれいかった
was pretty; was beautiful
綺麗さっぱり
きれいさっぱり
once and for all; completely
綺麗どころ
きれいどころ
geisha