"襟" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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襟
Trad. 襟
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Radical
(Bushou)		 衣
Strokes 6
Composition
Strokes 19
Structure
Decomp. 衤木木二小
衤 + 禁
Prononciation
Mandarin jīn
Entry Methods
Pinyin jin1
Kanji /
Cangjie
 LDDF
中木木火
Sijiao 3429.1
Wubi PUSI
CNS 11643 1-7877
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+895F
GB2312 BDF3
BIG5 C3CC
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襟 jīn lapel / overlap of Chinese gown / fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) / to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
Results beginning with 襟
襟怀 jīn huái bosom (the seat of emotions) / one's mind
襟抱 jīn bào ambition / an aspiration
襟弟 jīn dì husband of wife's younger sister
襟度 jīn dù (literary) breadth of mind
襟素 jīn sù one's true heart
襟兄 jīn xiōng husband of wife's older sister
襟翼 jīn yì (aircraft) wing flap
襟副翼 jīn fù yì flaperon (aeronautics)
襟怀坦白 jīn huái tǎn bái open and candid (idiom) / not hiding anything / ingenuous / openhearted / unselfish / magnanimous / broad-minded
襟怀夷旷 jīn huái yí kuàng broad-minded
Approximate Results for 襟
衣襟 yī jīn the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket / lapel
胸襟 xiōng jīn lapel of jacket / heart / aspiration / vision
对襟 duì jīn buttoned Chinese jacket
连襟 lián jīn husbands of sisters / brothers-in-law / extremely close (of a relationship)
开襟 kāi jīn buttoned Chinese tunic / unbuttoned (to cool down)
开襟衫 kāi jīn shān cardigan
捉襟见肘 zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) / strapped for cash / unable to make ends meet
正襟危坐 zhèng jīn wēi zuò to sit upright and still (idiom)
扼襟控咽 è jīn kòng yān to secure a stranglehold (idiom) / fig. to hold a strategic pass
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