Word Meaning

きん kin

巾 is read as きん (kin) and means napkin.

Meaning

English

  1. napkin
  2. cloth

Reading

Kana

きん

Romaji

kin

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 3 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

雑巾

ぞうきん

house-cloth

布巾

ふきん

dish towel

頭巾

ずきん

tokin (headgear worn by yamabushi)

Example Sentences

10

きんはぬのきれをあらわすじだ。

This character represents a piece of cloth.

ふるいじてんではきんにぬののいみがのっている。

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

きんというじははばのいみでもつかわれる。

This character is also used with the meaning of width.

しろいきれでつくえをふいた。

I wiped the desk with a white cloth.

たびびとはあたまにずきんをまいていた。

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

とこのまにふるいかけものがかけてある。

An old hanging scroll is displayed in the alcove.

このかんじはぶしゅとしてきんをふくんでいる。

This kanji contains the cloth radical.

きんのぶにはいるじをじしょでしらべた。

I looked up characters in the cloth radical section of the dictionary.

このぬのははばがひろくてつかいやすい。

This cloth is wide and easy to use.

You shouldn't keep towels and cleaning rags together.