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襟 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「衤」

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準2High school level ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「衤」
On
キンきん · kin
Kun
えりeri
Meaning
collar; one’s heart

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Clothing plus a phonetic element: the neckline of a garment; by extension, what is in one’s breast.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキンきんkin襟度きんど開襟かいきん胸襟きょうきん
Kunえりeri襟えり襟首えりくび

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 開襟かいきん

    open collar

  • 胸襟きょうきん

    one’s innermost thoughts

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

シャツの襟(えり)を正(ただ)して面接(めんせつ)に臨(のぞ)んだ。

I straightened my shirt collar and went into the interview.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

胸襟開襟襟胸chest開open裕abunda…褐brown衫a thin…衿collar袂a slee…菌germ琴koto謹humbly巾cloth斤axe
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 衤Map of reading キンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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