锦

錦
jǐn
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brocade, embroidered work, bright

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

锦 joins 帛 silk fabric with 钅 jīn, which supplies the sound, and first meant cloth woven with colored patterns. It came to mean brocade and embroidered cloth, and then 'bright'.

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Homophones

HSK 5
紧jǐn
tight, strict, close at hand, near
仅jǐn
only, merely, barely
尽jǐn
to the greatest extent
谨jǐn
cautious, careful, solemnly

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