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 (side form)
はばへん habahen
3 strokesRadical of 3 kanjiPart of 16
Your ink in 巾0% painted · 0 of 3 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
“Woven from the heart! This radical represents the incredible world of ancient textiles—the banners that flew over cities, the fine silks of the rich, and the simple towels of the worker. When it sits on the left, think of the dimensions of fabric, the specialized tools of the weaver, and the banners of authority. It brings a sense of texture, physical "range," and refined craftsmanship to every character it joins.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates types of cloth and textiles, measurements of width and range, banners and signs, official headgear, or the action of wiping and cleaning.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 巾, with sourced origins
- 幅hanging scrollフク · はば
巾 + 畐sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 帳notebookチョウ · とばり
巾 + 長sound
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 3 kanji