锦
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brocade; embroidered work; bright
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 金 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 錦
- Common rank
- #1,467
- Unicode
- U+9526
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Formation & memory
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How 锦 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Silk 帛 inlaid with gold 钅; 钅 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
brocade · Heisig RSH #1687
金 gold + white towel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 锦
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锦江区 | Jinjiang, a district of Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan | |
| 锦州市 | Jinzhou, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] | |
| 白腹锦鸡 | (bird species of China) Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) | |
| 盘锦市 | Panjin, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] | |
| 红腹锦鸡 | (bird species of China) golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) | |
| 锦衣玉食 | brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury; extravagance | |
| 富锦市 | Fujin, a county-level city in Jiamusi City 佳木斯市[Jia1 mu4 si1 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 世锦赛 | world championship | |
| 织金锦 | gold brocade | |
| 三索锦蛇 | copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake | |
| 锦标赛 | championship contest; championships | |
| 锦衣卫 | Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors | |
| 什锦果盘 | mixed fruit salad | |
| 锦州 | see 錦州市|锦州市[Jin3 zhou1 Shi4] | |
| 锦江 | see 錦江區|锦江区[Jin3 jiang1 Qu1] | |
| 经锦 | warp brocade; woven fabric with single colored woof but many-colored warp | |
| 王锦蛇 | king ratsnake (Elaphe carinata) | |
| 锦屏县 | Jinping, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州… | |
| 衣锦荣归 | to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory | |
| 锦鸡 | golden pheasant |