巾

Meaning

巾 centers on a piece of cloth: a towel, a hanging scroll, or the width of fabric. The radical sense is the same cloth shape used as a component in other characters.

• 頭巾ずきん

  headgear (esp. one made of cloth); hood; kerchief; cap; skullcap; hat

• 雑巾ぞうきん
  N3

  house-cloth; dust cloth

• 巾着きんちゃく

  drawstring purse; money pouch

• 巾きん

  napkin; cloth

• 腰巾着こしぎんちゃく

  hanger-on; follower; flunky; sycophant

• 兜巾ときん

  tokin; small black headgear worn by yamabushi

• 布巾ふきん
  N2

  dish towel; tea towel; dishcloth

• 三角巾さんかくきん

  triangular bandage; sling

• くくり頭巾くくりずきん

  bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)

• ボロ雑巾ぼろぞうきん

  dirty worn-out rag

• 三角頭巾さんかくずきん

  triangle headband; triangular scarf

• 丸頭巾まるずきん

  bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)

• 兜頭巾かぶとずきん

  helmet-shaped hood

• 台布巾だいぶきん

  table-wiping cloth

• 大黒頭巾だいこくずきん

  bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)

• 巾偏はばへん

  kanji "cloth" radical at left

• 巾子こじ

  vertical part of kanmuri cap

• 巾着切りきんちゃくきり

  pickpocket

• 巾着網きんちゃくあみ

  purse seine

• 巾着草きんちゃくそう

  pocketbook plant (any plant of genus Calceolaria)

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