錦 — geum

Parts that make up 錦

How 錦 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 錦 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 帛.

Korean example words with 錦

• 금채錦采 Korean gloss: 비단 옷감
• 금의錦衣 Korean gloss: 비단으로 지은 옷
• 금삼錦衫 Korean gloss: 비단으로 만든 적삼
• 금포錦袍 Korean gloss: 비단으로 만든 도포나 두루마기
• 금귀하다錦歸 Korean gloss: (비유적으로) 출세를 하여 고향에 돌아가거나 돌아오다
• 금수병錦繡屛 Korean gloss: 수를 놓은 비단 병풍처럼 매우 아름다운 경치를 비유적으로 이르는 말
• 자금紫錦 Korean gloss: 자줏빛의 비단.
• 홍금紅錦 Korean gloss: 붉은빛의 명주.
• 금기錦綺 Korean gloss: 곱고 화려한 옷.
• 금대錦帶 Korean gloss: ‘이가환’의 호.
• 금금錦衾 Korean gloss: 비단으로 만든 이불.
• 금낭錦囊 Korean gloss: 비단으로 만든 주머니.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 錦

• 錦にしき brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
• 錦絵にしきえ nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print
• 綾錦あやにしき twill damask and brocade
• 錦鯉にしきごい coloured carp; colored carp
• 錦蛇にしきへび python; rock snake
• 錦上きんじょう crowning beauty with even greater glory
• 唐錦からにしき Chinese brocade
• 錦旗きんき pennant; gold-brocade flag
• 錦地きんち your place of residence
• 錦鶏きんけい golden pheasant
• 錦木にしきぎ winged spindle-tree (Euonymus alatus); burning bush; winged euonymus
• 蜀錦しょっきん type of brocade

Characters sharing the phonetic 金

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “금”

Other hanja with radical 金