jīn
cloth
Pictograph of a cloth hanging downwards.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
jīn
kerchief; towel; turban; KangXi radical number 50; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old); Kangxi radical 50
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