Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: pongee (a knotted silk cloth)

Kunyomi: つむぎ つむ.ぐ

Onyomi: チュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: silk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ケンチュウ pongee (unbleached silk)

Kunyomi Examples

つむぎ pongee, soft thin cloth woven from raw silk

紡ぎ糸 つむぎいと (spun) silk thread, spun thread (wool, etc.)

結城 ゆうきつむぎ silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye), Yūki pongee

大島 おおしまつむぎ Oshima tsumugi weave, type of pongee from Oshima