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襟 = 禁 + 衤

襟 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “collar”. It is built from 禁 (prohibition) and 衤 (cloak). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1180.

Keyword
collar
RTK frame
1180
Strokes
18
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
えり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ошейник
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
襟 lapel

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 禁 prohibition
  2. 衤 cloak

How to find 襟 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “prohibition” + “cloak”. 襟 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 襟 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.