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巾 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「巾」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 3 strokes ／ Radical「巾」
On
キン・フクきん・ふく · kin · fuku
Kun
おお.い・ちきり・きれō.i · chikiri · kire
Meaning
cloth; width

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of a hanging cloth: a piece of cloth, and the width it spans.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキンきんkin頭巾ずきん雑巾ぞうきん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 頭巾ずきん

    hood

  • 雑巾ぞうきん

    cleaning cloth

More words with this kanji

  • 巾幗きんかく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

雑巾(ぞうきん)で教室(きょうしつ)の床(ゆか)を拭(ふ)いた。

I wiped the classroom floor with a cloth.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

雑巾頭巾巾雑miscel…頭head巴comma…市city布cloth帆sail希hope亀tortoi…僅a mere錦brocad…今now斤axe
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 巾Map of reading キンAll maps

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