U+5DFE, 巾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DFE

[U+5DFD]
CJK Unified Ideographs 巿
[U+5DFF]
U+2F31, ⼱
KANGXI RADICAL TURBAN

[U+2F30]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F32]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 50, +0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 中月 (LB), four-corner 40227, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 327, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8771
  • Dae Jaweon: page 632, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 727, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+5DFE

Chinese

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Pictogram (象形) – hanging piece of cloth.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • geng1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
  • gêng1 - Jieyang;
  • ging1 - Chenghaia.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕin²¹/
Jinan /t͡ɕiẽ²¹³/ 紅領~
/t͡ɕiẽ⁵⁵/ 毛~
Qingdao /t͡ɕiə̃²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕin²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡ɕiẽ²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕiə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Kunming /t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /t͡ɕin³¹/
Hefei /t͡ɕin²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕiŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕin³³/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕaŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕin¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕin³³/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕin³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕin⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /kin⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /kin²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kɐn⁵³/
Nanning /kɐn⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /kɐn⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kun⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kyŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kœyŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /lɯŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /kin²³/
/fɛ³⁵/ 訓帕

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚin/
Shao
Rongfen
/kien/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjin/
Li
Rong
/kjĕn/
Wang
Li
/kǐĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gan1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jīn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kin ›
Old
Chinese
/*krən/
English kerchief

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6550
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*krɯn/

Definitions

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  1. a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief
  2. (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

  1. cloth
  2. turban
  3. (abbreviation of ): width

Readings

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Compounds

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Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC kin). Recorded as Middle Korean (ken) (Yale: ken) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 수건 (sugeon geon))

  1. hanja form? of (towel)
  2. hanja form? of (piece of cloth; fabric)
  3. hanja form? of (headscarf)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: cân, khăn, khân

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