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
alternative forms		衿

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])
• 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])
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩɴ]

Noun

襟(きん) • (kin) 

1. a neckband; a collar; a lapel

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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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