The Radical: 巾


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cloth, width    巾

Explanation [はば] means width. The trainer also understands it as: "cloth".

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT 4Joyo 2
city, marketplace
ichi, SHI
Top: a cover , bottom: fabric/cloth
A cover and cloth are available in the city at the marketplace.
JLPT 3Joyo 3
registry, notebook
CHŌ
Left: cloth , right: long (mane and clothes )
Cloth that was very long was formerly used for taking notes and as a registry.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
rare, scarce, desire, unusual
KI, KE
Top: cross-stitch , bottom: cloth (The hand checks the width of the cloth.)
A cross-stich on a cloth is rare.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
print, publish
suru, SATSU
From left: buttocks in side view , cloth , knife (buttocks + cloths = underpants)
The underpants are cut to be imprinted.
JLPT 4Joyo 2
elder sister
ane, SHI
Left: woman , right: city/marketplace
The woman in the city is my elder sister.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
seat, place
SEKI
广 廿
Outside: building 广, below: var. objects 廿 (=twenty), cloth
In the building, they use objects of cloth as seats.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
belt, Obi(of a kimono), sash, area
obi, obiru, TAI
From top: belt with a mountain-like application , cover , cloth
A belt with applications covering the cloth is an 'obi'.
JLPT 2Joyo 5
teacher, expert, master, reverend
SHI
Commander (A buttocks in cloth , that's the commander!) and upper right additional: cane
A commander with a cane feels like a teacher and expert.
JLPT 2Joyo 5
usual, normal, regular, always
tsune,
Top: furthermore, besides (A small house with window is furthermore respected), HERE: as hand's palm with three fingers), below: cloth
Besides: His hand's palm and his cloths are: usually.
JLPT 2Joyo 5
organization, system, control, structure
SEI
Left top: cow , below: cloth , right: knife
A cow wrapped in cloth with a knife: what an organization!
JLPT 2Joyo 5
manufacture
SEI
Top: system (A cow wrapped in cloth with a knife: what an organization!), below: clothes
A system for clothes' manufacturing.
JLPT 2Joyo 5
cloth, fabric
nuno, FU
Left: hand , right: cloth/width
The hand checks the width of the cloth.
綿
JLPT 2Joyo 5
cotton
wata, MEN
Left: thread/fibers , right: 帛 (= white cloth/fabric )
The threads of the white cloths are: cotton.
JLPT 1Joyo 6
lungs
HAI
Left: body part /, right: simplification of city (Better: shoulders , lungs/chest and middle of the body )
The body part below head and shoulders with the lobes of the lung lateral to the backbone are: the lungs.
JLPT 1Joyo 6
curtain, act
MAKU, BAKU
Top: sinking/going down (The sun is sinking among plants ,=), below: cloth [Watch out: Sunrise is: or ]
It is "sinking" (= hanging down): This cloth is a curtain.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
decorate, ornament, beautify, embellish
kazaru, SHOKU
Left: vari. of food (cover on good food), right: horizontal person , cloth
(A nice table decoration:) For the food the person uses cloth as decoration.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
commander, leader
SUI
Left: buttocks (both cheeks), right: cloth
A buttocks in cloth, that's the commander!
JLPT 2Joyo 7
sweep, brush
haku,
Left: hand , right: broom (hand ナ/ヨ, holding a broom /)
The hand with the broom is sweeping.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
stay, sojourn, stagnate, stop, be delayed, slack
todokōru, TAI
Left: water , right: belt (A belt with mountain-like applications covering the cloth is a belt.)
(Build a dike at the river banks:) The water within the 'belt' is staying / sojourning.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
emperor
TEI
From top: stand , cover , cloth
Stand up and cover yourself with cloth, the emperor is coming.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
in sequence, relay, communication, gradually
TEI
Left: movement , right: shield , two cloth
Move the shield and then two layers of cloth, that's the sequence.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
bind, tighten, tie, lock, fasten
shimaru/meru, TEI
Left: thread , right: emperor (Stand up and cover with cloth , the emperor comes.)
A thread connects you to the emperor as a binding.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
a sail, canvas
ho, HAN
Left: cloth , right: common (A table /几 with a scratch is common.) Here: simplification of wind [= sail with an insect ]
The cloth in the wind is a sail.
JLPT 2Joyo 7
hanging scroll, hanging picture, width, scroll
haba, FUKU
Left: cloth , right: barrel of sake (originally the image of a barrel as an offering to the temple, thus signifying wealth and luck)
The cloth (in the width) of a sake barrel is for the hanging scroll.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
shintō-offering (zig-zag paperstripes), currency
HEI
Top: shabby (.. when the cloth broke into four small pieces due to strikes ), below: cloth
Four small pieces of cloth are punched out of cloth as a: Shintō offering.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
evil, harmful, a bad habit, myself (humble)
HEI
Top: shabby (.. when the cloth broke into four small pieces due to strikes ), below: two hands (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers towards the top; side by side & simplified)
If the fabric is broken up into four small pieces by strikes, the two hands have caused a damage.
JLPT 2Joyo 7
cap, hat

Left: cloth , right: risky (Staring at the sun with your eyes is risky.)
The cloth between the sun and the eyes is: a cap.
JLPT -Joyo 7
persimmon
kaki,
Left: tree , right: town/market
(Persimmons keep fresh in the refrigerator only for a few days) From the tree (directly) to the market: the persimmon.
JLPT -Joyo 7
cloth, towel
haba, KIN

Pictograph that shows a thread in a piece of cloth.
JLPT -Joyo 7
brocade
nishiki, KIN
Left: gold/metal , right: 帛 (= white cloth )
A gold embroidered white cloth is brocade.
JLPT -Joyo 7
resign, abandon, give up
akirameru, TEI
Left: word , right: emperor (Stand up and cover with cloth , because he comes: the emperor!)
(An emperor did not speak to the people - Exception: surrender declaration of 15.8.1945 with the renunciation of the throne) The words from the emperor are a resignation.
JLPT -Joyo 7
cover, overlay
HEI
Top: grass/plant , bottom: shabby (.. when the cloth broke into four small pieces due to strikes ) [ = hand with stick ]
On the lawn, four bits of cloth are (spread) with the stick in the hand: As a cover.

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