巾 means “cloth, towel”

きん · kin

Also: hanging scroll, width, cloth radical (no. 50)

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): おおい, ちきり, きれ
On'yomi (Chinese reading): キン, フク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 3 strokes

The story

Drawn as a cloth hanging down. 巾 is a piece of cloth: 布巾 dries the dishes, 雑巾 wipes the floors at school cleaning time, and many Japanese schoolchildren keep a padded 防災頭巾, a disaster hood, on their chairs for earthquake drills.

Used in 雑巾 (zoukin, cleaning rag), 布巾 (fukin, dish towel), and 頭巾 (zukin, hood)

巾 means “cloth, towel”

The story

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