漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
巾: towel, hanging scroll
Also: width, cloth radical (no. 50)
N1 (our estimate)3 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
3 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Western Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
キンkin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 雑巾ぞうきんhouse-cloth; dust cloth
- 布巾ふきんdish towel; tea towel; dishcloth
- 頭巾ずきんheadgear (esp. one made of cloth); hood
Also read フク, おおい, ちきり, きれ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
Hanging piece of cloth.
Source: Wiktionary, 巾 (rev. 92161035), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Fresh from the loom! This radical represents the soft, woven materials we use every day—from a simple "towel" to a grand "banner" carried into battle.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read フク
9 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jīn
Same form: 巾 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 巾 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 巾 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jīn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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