Kanji
錦
N1
16 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1440
brocade, fine dress, honors
On'yomi (音読み)
キン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
にしき
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
錦秋
きんしゅう
autumn where the foliage is as beautiful as brocade; autumn with beautiful leaves
錦繍
きんしゅう
fabric with a brocade and embroidery; beautiful fabric
錦糸卵
きんしたまご
thin omelette cut into strips
錦衣
きんい
fine clothes; beautiful kimono
錦衣玉食
きんいぎょくしょく
beautiful clothes and fine food; life of luxury
錦衣
ニシキゴロモ
Ajuga yesoensis (species of bugle)
堆錦
ついきん
Ryūkyūan lacquerware technique (using a pigmented lacquer design pasted onto the lacquered surface)
胡錦鳥
コキンチョウ
Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae); rainbow finch
錦上添花
きんじょうてんか
adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
錦
にしき
brocade
錦絵
にしきえ
nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print
錦川清流線
にしきがわせいりゅうせん
Nishikigawa Seiryū Line
錦渦貝
にしきうずがい
maculated top shell (Trochus maculatus)
錦穴子
にしきあなご
splendid garden eel (Gorgasia preclara); orange-barred garden eel
錦織
にしきおり
brocade
錦玉子
にしきたまご
silk brocade eggs; nishiki tamago
錦の御旗
にしきのみはた
Imperial standard
錦を飾る
にしきをかざる
to return home loaded with honors; to return as a hero
錦絵新聞
にしきえしんぶん
nishiki-e shinbun; type of woodblock-printed newspaper popular in the early Meiji period