巾

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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Radical 50 巾

巾 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 中月 (LB), four-corner 4022₇, composition ⿻冂丨)

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/巾
• 𫩒, 𪤷, 𢎭, 㧆, 𣏑, 𣬢, 䘜, 𧢹, 𮛆, 𮡥, 𩚍, 𤜧, 㼙, 𣮳, 䶓, 𧖂
• 𠬥, 吊, 𡴅, 𫯜, 芇, 𢺶, 𭤔, 𣥈, 𦭬, 𠤚, 𩇪, 𩫹, 𪚑, 𫨂, 𡰯, 𧆞, 凧, 匝, 𡆫
• 㒼, 爾, 䕥, 𡩅, 㣇, 簚, 斾, 鉓, 飾(饰), 銟

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 327, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8771
• Dae Jaweon: page 632, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 727, character 17
• Unihan data for U+5DFE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巾
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – hanging piece of cloth.

Pronunciation

Definitions

巾

1. a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief
2. (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China

Compounds

References

• “巾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. cloth
2. turban
3. (abbreviation of 幅): width

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)^{←こん (kon, historical)}
• Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)^{←きん (kin, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: こ (ko)^{←こ (ko, historical)}
• Kun: おおい (ōi); きれ (kire, 巾); ちきり (chikiri, 巾); はば (haba, 巾); べき (beki, 巾)
• Nanori: はば (haba)

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 巾 (MC kin). Recorded as Middle Korean 건 (ken) (Yale: ken) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

巾

Wikisource

巾 (eumhun 수건 건 (sugeon geon))

1. Hanja form^? of 건 (“towel”).
2. Hanja form^? of 건 (“piece of cloth; fabric”).
3. Hanja form^? of 건 (“headscarf”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

巾: Hán Nôm readings: cân, khăn, khân

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