JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 4
紋

Meaning

Kanji 紋

family crest

family crest, figures

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
Onyomi 音読み
モン
Nanori 名乗り
あや

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#1519
Strokes
10
Radical
糸
Components
小 • 幺 • 文 • 糸
Kanji Kentei
Level 4
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36 common entries

Showing 36 of 77 entries that include this kanji.

文様

もんよう

pattern

紋章

もんしょう

crest

紋切り型

もんきりがた

formulaic

紋

もん

playing card suit (in karuta)

紋付き

もんつき

clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest

紋々

もんもん

pattern

紋羽二重

もんはぶたえ

crest-decorated habutae (silk fabric used as a cloth for lining high-quality kimono)

紋黄蝶

もんきちょう

eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)

紋殻通

もんがらどおし

Fowler's snake eel (Ophichthus erabo)

紋殻皮剥

もんがらかわはぎ

clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)

紋甲いか

もんごういか

common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

紋所

もんどころ

family crest

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

この紋は古い家に伝わるものです。

this crest has been passed down in an old family.

着物の紋がとても美しい。

the motif on the kimono is very beautiful.

彼は自分の家の紋をよく知っている。

he knows his family crest well.

その箱には紋が彫ってある。

a crest is carved on that box.

布に細かな紋が浮かび上がった。

a fine pattern appeared on the cloth.