巾

巾 is a Japanese kanji written with 3 strokes, listed here under the keyword “towel”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 432. It appears as a component in 26 other characters in this index.

Keyword: towel
RTK frame: 432
Strokes: 3
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): キン, フク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): おお.い, ちきり, きれ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: полотенце
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 巾 kerchief

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 巾

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