錦 (gam2 | jin3) : brocade; elegant

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錦

gam2

jin3

[1] [n] brocade; tapestry; embroidery
[2] [adj] elegant; bright and beautiful

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

錦 / 锦

This word has been viewed 9229 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 31st Dec 2011 14:40

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什錦 sap6 gam2 shi2 jin3 = assorted; mixed

錦繡 gam2 sau3 jin3 xiu4 = splendid

錦繡河山 gam2 sau3 ho4 saan1 jin3 xiu4 he2 shan1 = beautiful landscape

錦繡前程 gam2 sau3 cin4 cing4 jin3 xiu4 qian2 cheng2 = promising future

錦上添花 gam2 soeng6 tim1 faa1 jin3 shang4 tian1 hua1 = icing on the cake

錦標賽 gam2 biu1 coi3 jin3 biao1 sai4 = championship contest, championships, tournament

錦標 gam2 biu1 jin3 biao1 = a title, a prize, a trophy

富錦 fu3 gam2 fu4 jin3 = Fujin (city in Heilongjiang)

錦縣 gam2 jyun6 jin3 xian4 = Jin county (county in Liaoning)

錦屏 gam2 bing2 jin3 ping2 = Jinping (place in Guizhou), Kam Ping
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九大簋加上美女就真係錦上添花啦粵
Having this feast with such beauties is indeed beyond perfection.

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Decimal representation of this word: 錦
Unicode code for this character: U+9326 (off-site link)

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