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巾

巾 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. きれ。ぬのきれ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。腰等におびる布を象る。「きれ」を意味する漢語｛巾｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

towel, hanging scroll, width, cloth radical (no. 50)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キンJHS
  • フク
Kun (native)
  • おお(い)
  • ちきり
  • きれ
Other languages
  • 拼音jin1
  • 한글geon
  • Hán-ViệtCân

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
3 strokes
Radical
干(かん)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5DFE

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻丨冂

Words using this kanji

  • 巾きんnapkin, cloth, first string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
  • 巾着きんちゃく主に布製・革製で、入れ口をひもでくくるようにした袋。日本古来の小物や手回り品を携帯するために使用する。drawstring purse, money pouch, pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden, hanger-on
  • 巾偏はばへん漢字の部首「⼱」が偏である場合の呼称。kanji "cloth" radical at left
  • 巾子こじ冠の一部で、髻を差し入れる部分。vertical part of kanmuri cap
  • 巾着袋きんちゃくぶくろdrawstring pouch
  • 巾着草きんちゃくそうpocketbook plant (any plant of genus Calceolaria)
  • 巾着鯛キンチャクダイbluestriped angelfish (Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis)
  • 巾着蟹キンチャクガニboxer crab (Lybia tessellata), pom-pom crab
  • 巾着網きんちゃくあみ漁網の一つ。魚群を取り巻き、裾に通した綱を巾着のように絞り魚を獲るもの。purse seine
  • 巾着切りきんちゃくきりpickpocket

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-3-3
Four Corner
4022.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3f0.1
Heisig
432
Nelson
1467