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巾

towel
Stroke count: 3

Readings

On readingキン、フク
Kun readingおお.い、ちきり、きれ
Radical no. 50JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. towelRtK
    修道士のように頭巾をかぶった雲は、ポツリポツリと落ちる雨を数珠のようにつまぐっている。The hooded clouds, like friars, tell their beads in drops of rain.tatoeba
    身頃は二巾である。Its migoro (the main section) is made of two pieces of cloth.wiki
  2. hanging scroll
  3. width
  4. cloth radical (no. 50)
  1. breadth
  2. freedom (e.g. of thought)
  3. latitude
  4. gap

Popular Usage

雑巾

Radicals and components

Radical巾cloth

Compound words

雑巾ぞうきん
house-cloth; dust cloth
布巾ふきん
dish towel; tea towel; dishcloth
巾着きんちゃく
drawstring purse
肩巾ひれ
shawl (on shoulder of woman's dress)
領巾ひれ
shawl (on shoulder of woman's dress)
磯巾着いそぎんちゃく
sea anemone
兜頭巾かぶとずきん
helmet-shaped hood
黒頭巾くろずきん
black hood
三角巾さんかくきん
triangular bandage
焙烙頭巾ほうろくずきん
bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by elders and monks)
おこそ頭巾おこそずきん
okoso-zukin
お高祖頭巾おこそずきん
okoso-zukin
御高祖頭巾おこそずきん
okoso-zukin

Additional Examples

巾筒もしくは巾盒
Kinto (tea cloth container) or Kingowiki
身頃は二巾である。
Its migoro (the main section) is made of two pieces of cloth.wiki

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 巾

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