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襟

JLPT N1 18 strokes Frequency: #2030

Meanings

Collar, Neck, Lapel, One's Inner Feelings

Radicals

衤

Decomposition

⿰衤禁

Etymology

Ideographic: Cloth 衤 that restricts 禁; 禁 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 18

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 corner top-to-bottom

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 dot bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical right-to-left

8 diagonal right-to-left

9 dot right-to-left

10 horizontal right-to-left

11 vertical right-to-left

12 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

13 diagonal right-to-left

14 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

15 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

16 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

17 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

18 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キン kin

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

えり eri

Words Using This Kanji

34 words total

Other (20 words)

開襟シャツかいきんシャツ

open-necked shirt

共襟ともえり

same-colored neckband (coloured)

胸襟きょうきん

one's heart

襟足えりあし

hairline at the nape of the neck

襟元えりもと

(around the) neck

襟首えりくび

nape of the neck

襟巻きえりまき

scarf (esp. one worn for warmth)

襟髪えりがみ

scruff of neck

半襟はんえり

quality collar for an under kimono

襟えり

collar

襟度きんど

magnanimity

襟懐きんかい

(one's) inner thoughts

stand-up collar

lapel badge

height of the neck

unbuttoning a collar

turned-down collar

protective collar on kimono or bed clothes

襟を正すえりをただす

to straighten oneself

立ち襟たちえり

stand-up collar

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