Kanji 巾 Words: Meanings and Readings

大巾

おおはば

full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

巾

はば

freedom (e.g. of thought)

雑布

ぞうきん

house-cloth

布巾

ふきん

dish towel

値巾

ねはば

price range or fluctuation

頭巾

ずきん

tokin (headgear worn by yamabushi)

お高祖頭巾

おこそずきん

okoso-zukin

きんちゃく袋

きんちゃくぶくろ

drawstring pouch

くくり頭巾

くくりずきん

bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)

ぼろ雑巾

ぼろぞうきん

dirty worn-out rag

磯巾着

いそぎんちゃく

sea anemone

黄巾の乱

こうきんのらん

Yellow Turban Rebellion (China; 184 CE)

兜巾

ときん

tokin

兜頭巾

かぶとずきん

helmet-shaped hood

丸頭巾

まるずきん

bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)

巾

きん

napkin

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

巾木

はばき

baseboard

巾零

きんれい

nilpotent

巾零元

きんれいげん

nilpotent element

金巾

カナキン

unbleached muslin

肩巾

ひれ

shawl (on shoulder of woman's dress)

紅巾の乱

こうきんのらん

Red Turban Rebellion (China; 1351-1366)

黒頭巾

くろずきん

black hood

腰ぎんちゃく

こしぎんちゃく

purse strapped round one's waist

砂巾着

すなぎんちゃく

zoanthid

雑巾掛け

ぞうきんかけ

cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.)

雑巾摺

ぞうきんずり

skirting board (in a Japanese-style room)

三角巾

さんかくきん

triangular bandage

捨て頭巾

すてずきん

hood made useless by the warmer weather of spring

手巾

しゅきん

(hand) towel

縦縞巾着鯛

たてじまきんちゃくだい

emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)

身巾

みはば

width of a garment

赤頭巾

あかずきん

Little Red Riding Hood

台布巾

だいふきん

table-wiping cloth

大黒頭巾

だいこくずきん

bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)

茶きん

ちゃきん

tea cloth

茶巾ずし

ちゃきんずし

gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg

頭巾海豹

ずきんあざらし

hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)

濡れ雑巾

ぬれぞうきん

wet cloth

半巾

はんはば

half-width cloth (approx. 18 cm)

並み幅

なみはば

standard-width cloth (approx. 36 cm)

防空頭巾

ぼうくうずきん

air-raid hood

防災頭巾

ぼうさいずきん

disaster hood

餅巾着

もちきんちゃく

mochikinchaku

冪

べき

exponent

焙烙頭巾

ほうらくずきん

bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by elders and monks)

脛巾

はばき

leggings