Kanji1 / 14
綺 kanji
figured cloth, beautiful
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
キ
Kun readings
あや
Words with 綺
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —綺麗Popularpretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat; completely; entirely
- —綺thin twilled silk fabric
- —綺羅fine clothes
- —綺譚beautiful story
- —綺語embellishing one's words (one of the ten evil deeds); embellished language; flowery language
- —口綺麗elegant (speech); clear; high-sounding; not gluttonous
- —手綺麗neatly made
- —綺麗事whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
- —狂言綺語make-believe fiction
- —綺麗さびkirei-sabi; aesthetic based on wabi-sabi with a bigger focus on elegance, associated with the Enshū school of tea ceremony
- —綺麗どころgeisha; dressed-up beautiful woman
- —綺麗かったwas pretty; was beautiful; was clean
- —綺麗さっぱりonce and for all; completely; spotlessly
- —綺羅星のごとくlike glittering stars
- —月が綺麗ですねthe moon is beautiful, isn't it?
- —綺麗な薔薇には棘があるthere is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn
- —綺談romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story
- —小綺麗neat; trim; tidy; pretty
- —身綺麗neat (personal appearance); tidy
- —綺麗所geisha; dressed-up beautiful woman