Chinese Character Wiki
巾

jīn

cloth

Pictograph of a cloth hanging downwards.

Evolution

巾 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
巾 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
巾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
巾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

巾  

jīn

kerchief; towel; turban; KangXi radical number 50; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old); Kangxi radical 50

Most common words with 巾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

毛巾

towel

围巾

scarf

纸巾

napkin

巾

towel

头巾

kerchief

Component uses

Meaning component in 43 characters (9 verified)

常 布 希 帮 席 币 幣 帽 帛 幕 幅 佩 帕 帐 帳 飾 饰 帘 帆 幢 帜 幟 帖 幌 幡 帷 幔 幀 帧 帼 幗 幄 帙 幂 帑 帔 帏 幃 幛 帻 幞 幬 帱

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

刷 帅 帥 㡀

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*krən

kin

jīn

kerchief


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 14.0157% of movies

1726th most common character in movies

2281st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5DFE

Shuowen

“巾，佩巾也。从冂，丨象系也。”


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