衿

衿	U+887F, 衿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-887F

Translingual

Han character

衿 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中人戈弓 (LOIN), four-corner 3822₇, composition ⿰衤今)

collar or lapel of garment

Derived characters

𠸐

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1113, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34149
Dae Jaweon: page 1578, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3079, character 5
Unihan data for U+887F

Chinese

trad.		衿
simp. ^#		衿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貪	*kʰl'uːm
嗿	*l̥ʰuːmʔ
僋	l̥ʰuːms, luːms
酓	qʰɯːm, qlamʔ, *qlɯːms
馠	*qʰɯːm
谽	*qʰɯːm
唅	qʰɯːm, ɡɯːms
含	*ɡɯːm
肣	ɡɯːm, ɡɯːmʔ
頷	ɡɯːm, ɡɯːmʔ
筨	*ɡɯːm
梒	*ɡɯːm
鋡	*ɡɯːm
莟	ɡɯːmʔ, ɡɯːms
琀	*ɡɯːms
浛	*ɡɯːms
盦	qɯːm, qaːb
韽	qɯːm, qrɯːms
玪	*krɯːm
妗	qʰrɯːm, kʰjam, qʰlɯːm, ɡrɯms
欦	qʰrɯːmʔ, qʰram, kʰlam, kʰlamʔ, *qʰlɯːm
黔	ɡram, ɡrɯm
鈐	*ɡram
鳹	*ɡram
雂	ɡram, ɡrɯm
念	*nɯːms
梣	sɡɯm, sɡrɯm
枔	*sɢrɯm
岑	*sɡrɯm
笒	sɡrɯm, ɡrɯms
涔	*sɡrɯm
侺	*ɡjɯms
今	*krɯm
黅	*krɯm
衿	*krɯm
衾	*kʰrɯm
坅	*kʰrɯmʔ
搇	*kʰrɯms
琴	*ɡrɯm
禽	*ɡrɯm
芩	*ɡrɯm
庈	*ɡrɯm
耹	*ɡrɯm
靲	*ɡrɯm
擒	*ɡrɯm
檎	*ɡrɯm
紟	*ɡrɯms
吟	ŋɡrɯm, ŋɡrɯms
訡	*ŋɡrɯm
廞	qʰrɯm, qʰrɯmʔ
陰	*qrɯm
霠
飲	qrɯmʔ, qrɯms
蔭	*qrɯms
廕	*qrɯms
矜	ɡrɯn, ɡɯn, *kɯŋ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīn (jin¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kam¹ / gam¹

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kam¹ / gam¹
  - Yale: kām / gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kam¹ / gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kem¹ / gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐm⁵⁵/, /kɐm⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kim

Rime
Character	衿
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
Baxter	kim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/
Li Rong	/kjəm/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ɢ(r)[ə]m-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*krɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	衿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qìn
Middle Chinese	‹ gim^H ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ɢ(r)[ə]m-s/
English	sash string
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	衿
Reading #	1/1
No.	6601
Phonetic component	今
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	金
Old Chinese	/*krɯm/

Definitions

衿

gown
scholar

Compounds

References

“衿”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 衿 – see 襟 (“front of a garment; husbands of sisters; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 襟).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

衿

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: こん (kon)
Kan-on: きん (kin)
Kun: えり (eri, 衿)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
衿
えり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 衿 – see the following entry.

【襟えり】S

[noun] a neckband; a collar; a lapel

[noun] nape (back part of the neck)

Alternative spelling
領

(This term, 衿, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

“^▲衿”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

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

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