# 巾

| 巾 | U+5DFE, &#24062; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DFE |
| ← 巽 [U+5DFD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 巿 → [U+5DFF] |
| ⼱ | U+2F31, &#12081; KANGXI RADICAL TURBAN |
| ← ⼰ [U+2F30] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼲ → [U+2F32] |

## Translingual
### Han character

巾 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 中月 (LB), four-corner 4022$_7$, composition ⿻冂丨)

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/巾
* 㧆, 䘜, 㼙, 䶓, 吊, 芇, 凧, 匝, 㒼, 爾, 䕥, 㣇, 簚, 斾, 鉓, 飾(饰), 銟
* 𫩒, 𪤷, 𢎭, 𣏑, 𣬢, 𧢹, 𮛆, 𮡥, 𩚍, 𤜧, 𣮳, 𧖂
* 𠬥, 𡴅, 𫯜, 𢺶, 𭤔, 𣥈, 𦭬, 𠤚, 𩇪, 𩫹, 𪚑, 𫨂, 𡰯, 𧆞, 𡩅, 𡆫

#### References

* 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
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巾 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 巾 | *krɯn |
| 帘 | *sɡrɯn, *rem |
Pictogram (象形) – hanging piece of cloth.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jīn (jin$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jin$^1$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җин (žin, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gan$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): jin$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kîn
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gin$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jing$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): gé̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): gṳ̆ng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kun / kin / kirn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): geng$^1$ / gêng$^1$ / ging$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$cin
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jin$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jin
*** Wade–Giles: chin$^1$
*** Yale: jīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
*** Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jin$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gin
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җин (žin, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gan$^1$
*** Yale: gān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐn⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: jin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕin⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn
*** Hakka Romanization System: gin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kin⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kœyŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kyŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun
*** Tâi-lô: kun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kwn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kinmen): /kun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin
*** Tâi-lô: kin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kyn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /kin⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Sanxia)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kirn
*** Tâi-lô: kirn
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: geng$^1$ / gêng$^1$ / ging$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng / keng / king
*** Sinological IPA : /kɯŋ³³/, /keŋ³³/, /kiŋ³³/
* geng1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
* gêng1 - Jieyang;
* ging1 - Chenghaia.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit巾 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕin²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕiẽ²¹³/ 紅領～ /t͡ɕiẽ⁵⁵/ 毛～ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕiə̃²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕin²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕiẽ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕiə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕĩn³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕin³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕin²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕiəŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕiŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕĩŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕiŋ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡ɕin³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕaŋ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕin¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕin³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡ɕin³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕin⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kin⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kin²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kɐn⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kɐn⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kɐn⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kun⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kyŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kœyŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /lɯŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /kin²³/ /fɛ³⁵/ 訓帕 |
* Middle Chinese: kin
Rime :
| Character | 巾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (44) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居銀切 |
| Baxter | kin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kien/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kjin/ |
| Li Rong | /kjĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /kǐĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ki̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jīn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*krən/
    (Zhengzhang): /*krɯn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 巾 |
| 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 | 巾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6550 |
| Phonetic component | 巾 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 巾 |
| Old Chinese | /*krɯn/ |

### Definitions

巾
* a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief
* (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China

#### Compounds

* 三角巾 (sānjiǎojīn)
* 侍巾櫛 / 侍巾栉
* 儒巾
* 唐巾
* 圍巾 / 围巾 (wéijīn)
* 執巾櫛 / 执巾栉
* 大頭巾 / 大头巾
* 宋頭巾 / 宋头巾
* 屎頭巾 / 屎头巾
* 巾仔
* 巾冠
* 巾幘 / 巾帻
* 巾幗 / 巾帼 (jīnguó)
* 巾幗英雄 / 巾帼英雄 (jīnguóyīngxióng)
* 巾幗鬚眉 / 巾帼须眉
* 巾服
* 巾櫛 / 巾栉
* 巾箱本
* 巾舞
* 巾袖無光 / 巾袖无光
* 巾車 / 巾车
* 布巾 (bùjīn)
* 幅巾 (fújīn)
* 幘巾 / 帻巾
* 手巾 (shǒujīn)
* 手巾把子
* 披巾
* 方巾 (fāngjīn)
* 方巾氣 / 方巾气
* 方巾闊服 / 方巾阔服
* 朝巾
* 林宗巾
* 板巾
* 枕巾 (zhěnjīn)
* 毛巾 (máojīn)
* 毛巾被 (máojīnbèi)
* 汗巾
* 汗巾兒 / 汗巾儿
* 沾巾
* 浴巾 (yùjīn)
* 浩然巾
* 祭巾 (jìjīn)
* 紅巾 / 红巾
* 紙巾 / 纸巾 (zhǐjīn)
* 綦巾
* 綸巾 / 纶巾 (guānjīn)
* 網巾 / 网巾 (wǎngjīn)
* 綠頭巾 / 绿头巾 (lǜtóujīn)
* 羅巾 / 罗巾
* 羽扇綸巾 / 羽扇纶巾
* 腰巾
* 花巾著目
* 葛巾
* 葛巾漉酒
* 衣巾
* 角巾
* 角巾私第
* 解巾
* 諸葛巾 / 诸葛巾
* 雷巾
* 面巾 (miànjīn)
* 鞨巾
* 領巾 / 领巾 (lǐngjīn)
* 頭巾 / 头巾 (tóujīn)
* 頭巾氣 / 头巾气
* 餐巾 (cānjīn)
* 鹿巾 (lùjīn)
* 黃巾 / 黄巾 (huángjīn)
* 黃巾之亂 / 黄巾之乱

### References

* “巾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* cloth
* turban
* (abbreviation of 幅): width

#### Readings

* Go-on: こん (kon)
* Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)
* Kan’yō-on: こ (ko)
* Kun: おおい (ōi)、きれ (kire, 巾)、ちきり (chikiri, 巾)、はば (haba, 巾)、べき (beki, 巾)
* Nanori: はば (haba)

#### Compounds

* 巾(きん)幗(かく) (kinkaku)
* 巾(きん)幘(さく) (kinsaku)
* 巾(きん)子(し) (kinshi)
* 巾(きん)笥(し) (kinshi)
* 巾(きん)車(しゃ) (kinsha)
* 巾(きん)箱(そう) (kinsō)
* 巾(きん)箱(そう)本(ぼん) (kinsōbon)
* 巾(きん)着(ちゃく) (kinchaku)
* 巾(きん)偏(べん) (kinben)
* 巾(きん)帽(ぼう) (kinbō)
* 巾(こ)子(じ) (koji)
* 衣(い)巾(きん) (ikin)
* 烏(う)角(かく)巾(きん) (ukakukin)
* 烏(う)巾(きん) (ukin)
* 解(かい)巾(きん) (kaikin)
* 角(かっ)巾(きん) (kakkin)
* 葛(かっ)巾(きん) (kakkin)
* 冠(かん)巾(きん) (kankin)
* 綸(かん)巾(きん) (kankin)
* 綦(き)巾(きん) (kikin)
* 金(きん)巾(きん) (kinkin)
* 黄(こう)巾(きん) (kōkin)
* 紅(こう)巾(きん) (kōkin)
* 紗(さ)巾(きん) (sakin)
* 周(しゅう)帀(そう) (shūsō) (周(しゅう)匝(そう))
* 手(しゅ)巾(きん) (shukin)
* 頭(ず)巾(きん) (zukin)
* 雑(ぞう)巾(きん) (zōkin)
* 茶(ちゃ)巾(きん) (chakin)
* 布(ふ)巾(きん) (fukin)
* 方(ほう)巾(きん) (hōkin)
* 濫(らん)巾(きん) (rankin)
* 領(りょう)巾(きん) (ryōkin)

## Korean
### Etymology

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

### Hanja

Wikisource 巾 (eumhun 수건 건 (sugeon geon))
* hanja form of 건 (“towel”)
* hanja form of 건 (“piece of cloth; fabric”)
* hanja form of 건 (“headscarf”)

#### Compounds

* 두건 (頭巾, dugeon)
* 망건 (網巾, manggeon)
* 복건 (幅巾, bokgeon)
* 상건 (床巾, sanggeon)
* 수건 (手巾, sugeon)
* 유건 (儒巾, yugeon)

### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

巾: Hán Nôm readings: cân, khăn, khân
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