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襟

jīn

lapel, collar

💡 Ideographic: Cloth 衤 that restricts 禁; 禁 also provides the pronunciation
HSK 18 strokes Common (29%)
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Component Breakdown

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衤
yī
cloth
禁
jìn
to restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure
⿰衤禁 i

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Component Tree i

yī
衤
cloth
5 strokes
jìn
禁
to restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure
🔤 Pictophonetic: 示 (altar) provides meaning, 林 provides pronunciation
13 strokes HSK 4

Words Using 襟 (17)

jīn
襟 ↗
lapel / overlap of Chinese gown / fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) / to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
xiōngjīn
胸襟 ↗
lapel of jacket / heart / aspiration / vision
zhuōjīnjiànzhǒu
捉襟见肘 ↗
lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) / strapped for cash / unable to make ends meet
liánjīn
连襟 ↗
husbands of sisters / brothers-in-law / extremely close (of a relationship)
èjīnkòngyān
扼襟控咽 ↗
to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
zhèngjīnwēizuò
正襟危坐 ↗
to sit upright and still (idiom)
yījīn
衣襟 ↗
the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket / lapel
jīnxiōng
襟兄 ↗
husband of wife's older sister
jīndù
襟度 ↗
broad-minded / magnanimous
jīndì
襟弟 ↗
husband of wife's younger sister
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