襟
lapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions); to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
18 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,499 U+895F
How 襟 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Cloth 衤 that restricts 禁; 禁 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
front of a garment · Heisig RSH #907
cloak + 禁 prohibit
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 襟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 襟怀坦白 | jīn huái tǎn bái | open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything; ingenuous; openhearted; unselfish; magnanimo… |
| 正襟危坐 | zhèng jīn wēi zuò | to sit upright and still (idiom) |
| 开襟 | kāi jīn | buttoned Chinese tunic; unbuttoned (to cool down) |
| 对襟 | duì jīn | buttoned Chinese jacket |
| 襟度 | jīn dù | (literary) breadth of mind |
| 襟素 | jīn sù | one's true heart |
| 连襟 | lián jīn | husbands of sisters; brothers-in-law; extremely close (of a relationship) |
| 衣襟 | yī jīn | the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket; lapel |
| 胸襟 | xiōng jīn | lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision |
| 开襟衫 | kāi jīn shān | cardigan |
| 襟副翼 | jīn fù yì | flaperon (aeronautics) |
| 襟怀 | jīn huái | bosom (the seat of emotions); one's mind |
| 襟怀夷旷 | jīn huái yí kuàng | broad-minded |
| 襟弟 | jīn dì | husband of wife's younger sister |
| 襟翼 | jīn yì | (aircraft) wing flap |
| 捉襟见肘 | zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu | lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make e… |
| 襟抱 | jīn bào | ambition; an aspiration |
| 襟兄 | jīn xiōng | husband of wife's older sister |
| 扼襟控咽 | è jīn kòng yān | to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass |