字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE前7.5.3 (商)
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Textiles, Plants & Food
巾
巾 cloth, towel, turban
はば haba
3 strokesRadical of 14 kanjiPart of 16
Your ink in 巾0% painted · 0 of 14 familiar
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. When you see it, think of textiles, flexible materials, and the world of commerce where cloths were sold or used to cover goods. It brings a sense of utility and craft to any character.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates textiles (cloth, fabrics), clothing, items used to cover or wrap, or things related to markets and commerce.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 巾, with sourced origins
- 席seatセキ · むしろ
庶sound + 巾
A woven mat with ornament. Later, a phonetic 石 was added and the image of the mat corrupted into 巾 (“cloth”).
Pictogram · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 常usualジョウ · つね
尚sound + 巾
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 布linenフ · ぬの
父sound + 巾
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
一覧
Every kanji with 巾 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 14 kanji