巾 — towel, hanging scroll, width
きん
巾
towel
きん
U+5DFE
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Heisig #432
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #50
Remember 巾
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Meanings
- towel
- hanging scroll
- width
- cloth radical
Readings
- On'yomi
- きん kin ふく fuku
- Kun'yomi
- おお oo ちきり chikiri きれ kire
word
きん kin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
2 wordsEach dot is a word containing 巾: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 2 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Components
Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.