巾 (jīn) · towel; cloth; scarf

Meanings

1 towel; cloth; scarf

Examples

HSK 3

请给我一条毛巾。

Qǐng gěi wǒ yī tiáo máojīn.

Please give me a towel.

HSK 5

她戴了一条围巾。

Tā dài le yī tiáo wéijīn.

She wore a scarf.

Tips

usage

巾 is a radical (巾部) and appears in 毛巾 (towel), 围巾 (scarf), 纸巾 (tissue), 餐巾 (napkin).

Components

pictograph

巾 jīn

cloth; towel

Atomic pictograph: a square of cloth tied around a belt with the two ends hanging down - a kerchief or towel slung at the waist. Kangxi radical 50, which heads its own family of fabric characters: 帽 hat, 布 cloth, 帆 sail, 帐 curtain, 席 mat. Always something woven.

Radical

Cloth Kangxi #50

Pictograph of a hanging cloth or sash worn at the belt. As a radical it marks textiles and pieces of fabric: 布 (cloth), 帽 (hat), 帆 (sail), 帘 (curtain), 帐 (canopy/account book), 帮 (help, originally shoe upper). A reliable signal for anything woven.