also: い
General term for clothes or garments. Often used in literary or formal contexts; in everyday speech, 服 (ふく) is more common.
She was clad in a beautiful garment.
This garment is made of silk.
kariginu; informal court robe · patterned kariginu
unlined kimono; single-layer kimono
short coat for noblewomen (Nara and Heian period)
dyed garments; dyed kimono
cotton-padded garment
sleeveless ceremonial robe for samurai · short sleeveless robe for commoners
traditional Japanese dance costume · noh costume for goddesses and dragon girls
morning after sleeping together; parting at dawn after a night together · the next morning
rustling of clothes
bamboo fungus; long net stinkhorn; crinoline stinkhorn
Standard kanji spelling for the reading きぬ, meaning clothing or garment.
Rare standalone reading; mostly found in compounds such as 衣類 (いるい) or 衣食住 (いしょくじゅう).
The reading きぬ is native Japanese, while い is the Sino-Japanese reading. The kanji 衣 pictographically represents a garment.