人絹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	絹
じん Grade: 1	けん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

Short for 人造絹糸 (jinzō kenshi).[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じんけん [jìńkéń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩŋkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

人(じん)絹(けん) • (jinken)

rayon

Synonyms

レーヨン (rēyon), 人造絹糸(じんぞうけんし) (jinzō kenshi)

Derived terms

蛋白人絹(たんぱくじんけん) (tanpaku jinken)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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