巾 jīn towel
cloth; towel
How it came to be
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
The oldest form is a piece of cloth hanging down, its two sides falling from a middle stroke.
用法
- A bound morpheme for a piece of cloth you use: 毛巾 (máojīn) towel, 纸巾 (zhǐjīn) tissue/paper towel, 围巾 (wéijīn) scarf.
- Rarely stands alone today; recognize it by the 巾 radical, which marks cloth items.
- The measure word is 条 (tiáo) for towels and scarves: 一条毛巾 (yì tiáo máojīn) a towel.
含“巾”的汉字
含“巾”的词语
例句
- 妈妈用毛巾把婴儿裹起来。 Māma yòng máojīn bǎ yīng'ér guǒ qǐlái.The mother wraps the baby in the towel.