襟

collar

Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingキン

Kun readingえり

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

collarRtK
酒に酔った男が私の襟をつかんで汚い言葉を吐いた。The drunken man grasped my collar and swore at me.tatoeba
見知らぬ男が私の襟をつかんだ。A strange man caught me by the collar.tatoeba
neck
lapel
one's inner feelings

nape of the neck

Synonyms

Radicals and components

Radical衣clothes 衤variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cloak · prohibition · grove (林) · tree (木) · wood (木) · altar (示) · show (示) · two (二) · small (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1180

Compound words

襟巻きえりまき

scarf (esp. one worn for warmth); muffler

胸襟きょうきん

襟元えりもと

(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area

共襟ともえり

same-colored neckband (coloured)

襟巻えりまき

scarf (esp. one worn for warmth)

襟首えりくび

nape of the neck

蛮襟ばんカラ

宸襟しんきん

mind of the emperor

襞襟ひだえり

襟もとえりもと

(around the) neck

白襟鸛しろえりこう

woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus)

襟巻蜥蜴えりまきとかげ

frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)

開襟シャツかいきんシャツ

open-necked shirt

襟巻き蜥蜴えりまきとかげ

frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)

Additional Examples

酒に酔った男が私の襟をつかんで汚い言葉を吐いた。

The drunken man grasped my collar and swore at me.tatoeba

見知らぬ男が私の襟をつかんだ。

A strange man caught me by the collar.tatoeba

Stroke Order

18 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 襟

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step