巾

巾 U+5DFE, 巾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DFE ← 巽 [U+5DFD] CJK Unified Ideographs 巿 → [U+5DFF]

⼱ U+2F31, ⼱ KANGXI RADICAL TURBAN ← ⼰ [U+2F30] Kangxi Radicals ⼲ → [U+2F32]

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

simp. and trad.		巾

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

	Old Chinese
巾	*krɯn
帘	*sɡrɯn, *rem

Characters in the same phonetic series (巾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Pictogram (象形) – hanging piece of cloth.

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 巾
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕin²¹/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiẽ²¹³/ 紅領～ /t͡ɕiẽ⁵⁵/ 毛～
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕiə̃²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕin²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiẽ²¹/
	Xining	/t͡ɕiə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕĩn³¹/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕin³¹/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕin²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕiəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕiŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕĩŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕiŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕin³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕaŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕin¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕin³³/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕin³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕin⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/kin⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/kin²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kɐn⁵³/
	Nanning	/kɐn⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kɐn⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kun⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kyŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kœyŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/lɯŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kin²³/ /fɛ³⁵/ 訓帕

Rime
Character	巾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居銀切
Baxter	kin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚin/
Shao Rongfen	/kien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjin/
Li Rong	/kjĕn/
Wang Li	/kǐĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gan1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巾
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīn
Middle Chinese	‹ kin ›
Old Chinese	/*krən/
English	kerchief
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	巾
Reading #	1/1
No.	6550
Phonetic component	巾
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	巾
Old Chinese	/*krɯn/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jīn (jin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jin¹

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җин (žin, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): jin¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kîn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gin¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): jing¹
• Northern Min (KCR): gé̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): gṳ̆ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kun / kin / kirn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): geng¹ / gêng¹ / ging¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jin
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
    • Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jin¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җин (žin, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gan¹
    • Yale: gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kin⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœyŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun
    • Tâi-lô: kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kinmen): /kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin
    • Tâi-lô: kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /kin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kirn
    • Tâi-lô: kirn
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: geng¹ / gêng¹ / ging¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng / keng / king
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³³/, /keŋ³³/, /kiŋ³³/

Note:

• geng1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
• gêng1 - Jieyang;
• ging1 - Chenghaia.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹cin
    • MiniDict: cin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin³³/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: kin

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*krən/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯn/

Definitions

巾

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

Compounds

• 三角巾 (sānjiǎojīn)
• 侍巾櫛 / 侍巾栉
• 儒巾
• 唐巾
• 圍巾 / 围巾 (wéijīn)
• 執巾櫛 / 执巾栉
• 大頭巾 / 大头巾
• 宋頭巾 / 宋头巾
• 屎頭巾 / 屎头巾
• 巾仔
• 巾冠
• 巾幘 / 巾帻
• 巾幗 / 巾帼 (jīnguó)
• 巾幗英雄 / 巾帼英雄 (jīnguóyīngxióng)
• 巾幗鬚眉 / 巾帼须眉
• 巾服
• 巾櫛 / 巾栉
• 巾箱本
• 巾舞
• 巾袖無光 / 巾袖无光
• 巾車 / 巾车
• 布巾 (bùjīn)
• 幅巾 (fújīn)
• 幘巾 / 帻巾
• 手巾 (shǒujīn)
• 手巾把子
• 披巾
• 方巾 (fāngjīn)
• 方巾氣 / 方巾气
• 方巾闊服 / 方巾阔服
• 朝巾
• 林宗巾
• 板巾
• 枕巾 (zhěnjīn)
• 毛巾 (máojīn)
• 毛巾被 (máojīnbèi)
• 汗巾
• 汗巾兒 / 汗巾儿
• 沾巾
• 浴巾 (yùjīn)
• 浩然巾
• 祭巾 (jìjīn)
• 紅巾 / 红巾
• 紙巾 / 纸巾 (zhǐjīn)
• 綦巾
• 綸巾 / 纶巾 (guānjīn)
• 網巾 / 网巾 (wǎngjīn)
• 綠頭巾 / 绿头巾 (lǜtóujīn)
• 羅巾 / 罗巾
• 羽扇綸巾 / 羽扇纶巾
• 腰巾
• 花巾著目
• 葛巾
• 葛巾漉酒
• 衣巾
• 角巾
• 角巾私第
• 解巾
• 諸葛巾 / 诸葛巾
• 雷巾
• 面巾 (miànjīn)
• 鞨巾
• 領巾 / 领巾 (lǐngjīn)
• 頭巾 / 头巾 (tóujīn)
• 頭巾氣 / 头巾气
• 餐巾 (cānjīn)
• 鹿巾 (lùjīn)
• 黃巾 / 黄巾 (huángjīn)
• 黃巾之亂 / 黄巾之乱

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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 巾

巾

(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

• 巾(きん)幗(かく) (kinkaku)
• 巾(きん)幘(さく) (kinsaku)
• 巾(きん)子(し) (kinshi)
• 巾(きん)笥(し) (kinshi)
• 巾(きん)車(しゃ) (kinsha)
• 巾(きん)箱(そう) (kinsō)
• 巾(きん)箱(そう)本(ぼん) (kinsōbon)
• 巾(きん)着(ちゃく) (kinchaku)
• 巾(きん)偏(べん) (kinben)
• 巾(きん)帽(ぼう) (kinbō)
• 巾(こ)子(じ) (koji)
• 衣(い)巾(きん) (ikin)
• 烏(う)角(かく)巾(きん) (ukakukin)
• 烏(う)巾(きん) (ukin)
• 解(かい)巾(きん) (kaikin)
• 角(かっ)巾(きん) (kakkin)
• 葛(かっ)巾(きん) (kakkin)
• 冠(かん)巾(きん) (kankin)
• 綸(かん)巾(きん) (kankin)
• 綦(き)巾(きん) (kikin)
• 金(きん)巾(きん) (kinkin)
• 黄(こう)巾(きん) (kōkin)
• 紅(こう)巾(きん) (kōkin)
• 紗(さ)巾(きん) (sakin)
• 周(しゅう)帀(そう) (shūsō) (周(しゅう)匝(そう))
• 手(しゅ)巾(きん) (shukin)
• 頭(ず)巾(きん) (zukin)
• 雑(ぞう)巾(きん) (zōkin)
• 茶(ちゃ)巾(きん) (chakin)
• 布(ふ)巾(きん) (fukin)
• 方(ほう)巾(きん) (hōkin)
• 濫(らん)巾(きん) (rankin)
• 領(りょう)巾(きん) (ryōkin)

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

• 두건 (頭巾, dugeon)
• 망건 (網巾, manggeon)
• 복건 (幅巾, bokgeon)
• 상건 (床巾, sanggeon)
• 수건 (手巾, sugeon)
• 유건 (儒巾, yugeon)

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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