Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1440 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: brocade, fine dress, honors

Kunyomi: にしき

Onyomi: キン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: metal, gold

Examples

Onyomi Examples

華鳥 キンカチョウ zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

キンキ pennant, gold-brocade flag

ショッキン type of brocade

Kunyomi Examples

にしき brocade, fine dress, fine clothes

にしきえ nishiki-e, multi-colour woodblock print

蜀江の しょっこうのにしき type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan, type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period

あやにしき twill damask and brocade