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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 (14 words)

襟ぐりえりぐり

neckline (of dress, etc.)

襟回りえりまわり

collar

丸襟まるえり

round collar (of Western clothing)

襟付きえりつき

collared

襟白粉えりおしろい

white powder for use on the neck (e.g. by geisha)

襟替ええりがえ

becoming a geisha (of a geisha apprentice)

lapel

to be frank

choanocyte

collared mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus)

襟飾りえりかざり

jewellery worn at the neck or collar of Western clothing (brooch, necklace, choker, etc.)

白襟しろえり

white collar

台襟だいえり

neckband (of a shirt)

後ろ襟うしろえり

back of a collar

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