The kanji 紬 primarily refers to a specific type of woven silk fabric. It implies a fabric with a distinct texture and often associated with a certain quality or style. It often denotes a durable and relatively informal silk.

・On-yomi (音読み): chū (チュウ) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): 紬 (tsumugi)

⚫︎ 紬の着物 Translation: Tsumugi kimono (a kimono made from tsumugi fabric) ⚫︎ 大島紬 Translation: Oshima tsumugi (a famous type of tsumugi fabric from the Oshima Islands) ⚫︎ 紬糸 Translation: Tsumugi thread (yarn used to make tsumugi fabric)

The kanji 紬 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound character. The left side is 糸 (ito), meaning "thread" or "silk", indicating the meaning. The right side is 甬 (yō), which functions phonetically, giving an indication of the sound. Together, they create a character for the specific type of silk fabric.