Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern

    錦あやなす木々で山が染まっていた。
    The mountainside was ablaze with the autumn colors of the trees.
  2. to manipulate skillfully

Also written 綾なす【あやなす】操す【あやなす】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

coloring, paint, makeup

Kun
いろど.る
On
サイ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1251 of 2500
Radical
bristle
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Used in names as

あやさえつや

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-8-3SKIP code
3j8.1The Kanji Dictionary
2292.2Four corner code
2060deroo
5f69Unicode hex code
1-26-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1590Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1718New Nelson (John Haig)
1681New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2115Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1103Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1502Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1714Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1850Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1341A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1413Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1660Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9992XMorohashi
1290A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
932Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
959Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1273Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1429Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1619Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
616Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1730Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cai3Pinyin reading
chaeKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani level