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紀

“silk”

紀 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.

Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Ki.

Meaning & origin

What it means

紀 goes back to a word meaning “silk.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

紀KiOsamu収修脩靖理治統攻

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 9

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