Kanji1 / 3
巾 kanji
towel, hanging scroll, width, cloth radical (no. 50)
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
キンフク
Kun readings
おおいちきりきれ
Words with 巾
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —丸頭巾bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)
- —巾着蟹boxer crab (Lybia tessellata); pom-pom crab
- —巾着網purse seine
- —赤頭巾Little Red Riding Hood
- —雑巾掛けcleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
- —巾着切りpickpocket
- —茶巾寿司gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg
- —黄巾の乱Yellow Turban Rebellion (China; 184 CE)
- —紅巾の乱Red Turban Rebellion (China; 1351-1366)
- —濡れ雑巾wet cloth; damp rag
- —頭巾海豹hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)
- —雑巾摺りskirting board (in a Japanese-style room); baseboard
- —防災頭巾disaster hood; protective hood worn during earthquakes and other disasters (e.g. to protect from falling objects)
- —防空頭巾air-raid hood
- —捨て頭巾hood made useless by the warmer weather of spring
- —大黒頭巾bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)
- —焙烙頭巾bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by elders and monks)
- —ボロ雑巾dirty worn-out rag
- —三角頭巾triangle headband; triangular scarf
- —御高祖頭巾okoso-zukin; kerchief covering the whole head (except eyes), worn by women in winter from the Edo period until Meiji