Jisho

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18 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
collar, neck, lapel, one's inner feelings
Kun:
えり
On:
キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2030 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 襟懐 【キンカイ】 (one's) inner thoughts, feelings
  • 襟度 【キンド】 magnanimity, generosity, welcoming personality
  • 胸襟 【キョウキン】 one's heart
  • 開襟 【カイキン】 unbuttoning a collar, opening up (one's heart), open-necked shirt

Kun reading compounds

  • 襟 【えり】 collar, lapel, neckband, neck, nape of the neck, scruff of the neck
  • 襟巻き 【えりまき】 scarf (esp. one worn for warmth), muffler
  • 台襟 【だいえり】 neckband (of a shirt)
  • 掛け襟 【かけえり】 protective collar on kimono or bed clothes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin1
Korean:
geum

Spanish

  • cuello
  • solapa
  • corazón
  • pensamiento

Portuguese

  • colarinho
  • pescoço
  • lapela

French

  • nuque
  • col
  • revers
1181 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1924 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4267 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1733 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1537 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1639 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1555 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1637 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1599 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
845 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1156 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1108 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34647 Morohashi
1252 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5504 New Nelson (John Haig)
1099 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1180 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1905 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
641 2001 Kanji
5e13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-13 SKIP code
3429.1 Four corner code
1-22-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
895f Unicode hex code