巾 – towel, hanging scroll, width

3 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N2 vocabulary

The kanji 巾 means towel, hanging scroll, width, cloth radical (no. 50). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キン、フク (kin, fuku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おお.い、ちきり、きれ (ooi, chikiri, kire). It is written with 3 strokes, under radical 巾 (no. 50).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キン	kin
On’yomi	フク	fuku
Kun’yomi	おお.い	ooi
Kun’yomi	ちきり	chikiri
Kun’yomi	きれ	kire

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: 巾 (Kangxi radical 50). Components: 冂・｜.

Words using 巾

雑巾ぞうきんhouse-cloth布巾ふきんdish towel

Kanji with the same radical

市常席帰師幅帯幕布希帳帽幣

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.