What does kanji 巾 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 巾 is towel.

How is kanji 巾 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 巾 are おお.い, ちきり, きれ; the onyomi readings are キン, フク.

What is the main radical of kanji 巾?

The main radical for kanji 巾 is 巾.

What words use kanji 巾?

Example words that use kanji 巾 include 巾, 巾が出る, 巾にする, 巾をきかす.

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巾

Meaning

Kanji 巾

towel

towel, hanging scroll, width, cloth radical (no. 50)

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: おお.いちきりきれ
Onyomi 音読み: キンフク
Nanori 名乗り: -

Old form: N/A • Added to Jōyō: 2010

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 3
Radical: 巾
Components: ｜ • 冂 • 巾
Kanji Kentei: Level 2
Similar Kanji: -

Related vocabulary

Showing 34 common entries

Showing 34 of 58 entries that include this kanji.

巾

はば

freedom (e.g. of thought)

巾が出る

はばがでる

to become wider

巾にする

はばにする

to be proud

巾をきかす

はばをきかす

to throw one's weight around

巾をきかせる

はばをきかせる

to throw one's weight around

巾広

はばびろ

wide (e.g. belt, shoes, ribbon)

巾子

こじ

vertical part of kanmuri cap

巾単

きんたん

unipotent

巾着

きんちゃく

pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden

巾着切

きんちゃくきり

pickpocket

巾着草

きんちゃくそう

pocketbook plant (any plant of genus Calceolaria)

巾偏

きんべん

kanji "cloth" radical at left

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

巾は布きれを表す字だ。

This character represents a piece of cloth.

古い辞典では巾に布の意味が載っている。

An old dictionary lists cloth as a meaning of this character.

巾という字は幅の意味でも使われる。

This character is also used with the meaning of width.

白い巾で机をふいた。

I wiped the desk with a white cloth.

旅人は頭に巾を巻いていた。

The traveler had a cloth head covering wrapped around his head.