紬
pongee (a knotted silk cloth)
11 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names.
Readings
- つむぎ (kun reading): 大島紬 (おおしまつむぎ) Oshima tsumugi weave (type of pongee made in the Amami islands); 結城紬 (ゆうきつむぎ) silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye)
- チュウ (on reading): 絹紬 (けんちゅう) pongee (unbleached silk)
- つむぐ (kun reading)
Components
- 糸
- 由
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- 小 radical small
- 幺 radical short thread
- 日 radical sun; day
- 田 radical rice field
- 糸 radical thread