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繝

Readings

Kana: カン、ケン
Romaji: kan, ken
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

a method of dyeing

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  18
Radical Number:  120
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-12
Korean Reading:  gan
Chinese Reading:  jian4
Unicode:  7e5d
JIS:  6563

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 4589
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6a12.7
Four Corner Index: 2792.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 27908
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.1182

Words

繧繝 (うんげん、うげん)
method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods