figured cloth, beautiful
綺 centers on ornate, patterned beauty, especially in textiles. It describes figured cloth with intricate designs, and by extension, anything strikingly beautiful or elegant.
綺 combines 糸 (thread/silk) with 奇, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of unusual or remarkable, together suggesting an elaborately woven fabric.
Thread (糸) and something remarkable (奇) come together: imagine a loom weaving an unusually intricate pattern, producing a beautiful figured cloth.
For キ, picture a key (キー) that unlocks a treasure chest full of gorgeous, patterned silk: key -> キ, and the silk is 綺.
pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair
fine clothes
thin twilled silk fabric
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service
elegant (speech); clear; high-sounding
neatly made
the moon is beautiful, isn't it?
make-believe fiction
like glittering stars
embellishing one's words (one of the ten evil deeds)
beautiful story
was pretty; was beautiful; was clean
once and for all; completely
kirei-sabi; aesthetic based on wabi-sabi with a bigger focus on elegance, associated with the Enshū school of tea ceremony
geisha
there is no rose without a thorn; every rose has its thorn
pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace)