Memory phrase for the character: 絹

絹

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Meaning

silk

Pronunciation

 KEN
kinu

Explanation

 Left: thread 糸, right: [Chinese only: small worm] 肙 (The mouth 口 is as big as the body 月/肉.)

Mnemonic
 
A thread coming from an orifice of a body is silk.

Radicals

糸 thread
肉 body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.
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 Vocabulary

絹 きぬ  silk
絹布 けんぷ  silk cloth​
絹糸 けんし/きぬいと  silk thread​

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