襟 – collar, neck, lapel

18 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2030 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 襟 means collar, neck, lapel, one's inner feelings. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キン (kin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is えり (eri). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 衣 (no. 145).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キン	kin
Kun’yomi	えり	eri

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 衣 (Kangxi radical 145). Components: 示・二・小・初・木.

Words using 襟

襟えりcollar

Kanji with the same radical

表裁補被製装裏複裂裕袋襲衣衰裸袖

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