襟

襟

襟 U+895F, 襟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-895F ← 襞 [U+895E] CJK Unified Ideographs 襠 → [U+8960]

Translingual

Han character

襟 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中木木火 (LDDF), four-corner 3429₁, composition ⿰衤禁)

References

• KangXi: page 1125, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34647
• Dae Jaweon: page 1593, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3117, character 7
• Unihan data for U+895F

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Chinese

trad.		襟
simp. #		襟
2nd round simp.		衿
alternative forms		衿 𥘞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (林) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
婪	*ɡ·ruːm
惏	*ɡ·ruːm
啉	*ɡ·ruːm
漤	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
醂	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
林	*ɡ·rɯm
琳	*ɡ·rɯm
淋	*ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
痳	*ɡ·rɯm
箖	*ɡ·rɯm
霖	*ɡ·rɯm
菻	*ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
罧	*slɯmʔ, *srɯms
棽	*r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
綝	*r̥ʰɯm
郴	*r̥ʰɯm
禁	*krɯm, *krɯms
襟	*krɯm
僸	*krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
澿	*ɡrɯm
噤	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
凚	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
齽	*ɡrɯms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīn (jin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kam¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khim / kim

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jin
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
    • Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kam¹
    • Yale: kām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khim
    • Tâi-lô: khim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim
    • Tâi-lô: kim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kym
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kim⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kim¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khim
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰim³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠiɪm/

Rime
Character	襟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居吟切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/
Li Rong	/kjəm/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kr[ə]m/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	襟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīn
Middle Chinese	‹ kim ›
Old Chinese	/*kr[ə]m/
English	overlap of a robe
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	襟
Reading #	1/1
No.	8182
Phonetic component	林
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	金
Old Chinese	/*krɯm/

Definitions

襟

1. front of a garment
2. Short for 連襟／连襟 (liánjīn, “husbands of sisters”).
3. chest; bosom (mind; mental outlook)

Compounds

分襟 前襟 (qiánjīn) 割襟 同襟 大展襟抱 大襟 (dàjīn) 宸襟 幽襟 底襟 披襟 指腹裁襟 掣襟露肘 推襟送抱 整襟危坐 款襟 正襟 正襟危坐 (zhèngjīnwēizuò) 沾襟 泣下沾襟

琵琶襟 胸襟 (xiōngjīn) 衣襟 (yījīn) 襟兄 (jīnxiōng) 襟喉 襟度 (jīndù) 襟弟 (jīndì) 襟情 襟抱 襟曲 襟翼 襟要 傾襟／倾襟 塵襟／尘襟 奮袂攘襟／奋袂攘襟 對襟／对襟 (duìjīn) 山河襟帶／山河襟带 後襟／后襟 (hòujīn) 捉襟肘見／捉襟肘见

捉襟見肘／捉襟见肘 (zhuōjīnjiànzhǒu) 掣襟肘見／掣襟肘见 撫襟／抚襟 沖襟／冲襟 牛馬襟裾／牛马襟裾 紅襟／红襟 聯襟／联襟 蘭襟／兰襟 裾馬襟牛／裾马襟牛 襟山帶河／襟山带河 襟帶／襟带 襟懷／襟怀 (jīnhuái) 襟懷坦白／襟怀坦白 (jīnhuáitǎnbái) 襟裾馬牛／襟裾马牛 襟韻／襟韵 誓彼襟靈／誓彼襟灵 連襟／连襟 (liánjīn) 馬牛襟裾／马牛襟裾

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Japanese

Kanji

襟

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)^{←こん (kon, historical)←こむ (komu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)^{←きん (kin, historical)←きむ (kimu, ancient)}
• Kun: えり (eri, 襟, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
襟
えり Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
衿 領

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) えり​ [èríꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [e̞ɾʲi]

Noun

襟(えり) • (eri) 

1. a neckband; a collar; a lapel
2. nape (back part of the neck)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
襟
きん Grade: S
kan’on

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) きん [kìń] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩɴ]

Noun

襟(きん) • (kin) 

1. a neckband; a collar; a lapel

References

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

襟 • (geum) (hangeul 금, revised geum, McCune–Reischauer kŭm, Yale kum)

1. lapel, collar

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Vietnamese

Han character

襟: Hán Nôm readings: khâm, câm

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