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)

Derived characters

• 𡅢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

trad.		襟
simp. #		襟
2nd round simp.		衿
alternative forms		衿 𥘞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 襟
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

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
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kîm

  (Hailu, HRS): gim^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): kĭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ging¹ / king¹
• Southern Min

  (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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kam¹
    • Yale: kām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîm
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kim²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gim^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kim⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ging¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ging
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: king¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: king
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: king¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (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: kim

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
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): /*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

• 傾襟 / 倾襟
• 分襟
• 前襟 (qiánjīn)
• 割襟
• 同襟
• 塵襟 / 尘襟
• 大展襟抱
• 大襟 (dàjīn)
• 奮袂攘襟 / 奋袂攘襟
• 宸襟
• 對襟 / 对襟 (duìjīn)
• 山河襟帶 / 山河襟带
• 幽襟
• 底襟
• 後襟 / 后襟 (hòujīn)
• 披襟
• 指腹裁襟
• 捉襟肘見 / 捉襟肘见
• 捉襟見肘 / 捉襟见肘
• 掣襟肘見 / 掣襟肘见
• 推襟送抱
• 掣襟露肘
• 撫襟 / 抚襟
• 整襟危坐
• 款襟
• 正襟
• 正襟危坐 (zhèngjīnwēizuò)
• 沖襟 / 冲襟
• 泣下沾襟
• 沾襟
• 牛馬襟裾 / 牛马襟裾
• 琵琶襟
• 紅襟 / 红襟
• 聯襟 / 联襟
• 胸襟 (xiōngjīn)
• 蘭襟 / 兰襟
• 衣襟 (yījīn)
• 裾馬襟牛 / 裾马襟牛
• 襟兄 (jīnxiōng)
• 襟喉
• 襟山帶河 / 襟山带河
• 襟帶 / 襟带
• 襟度 (jīndù)
• 襟弟 (jīndì)
• 襟情
• 襟懷 / 襟怀 (jīnhuái)
• 襟懷坦白 / 襟怀坦白 (jīnhuáitǎnbái)
• 襟抱
• 襟曲
• 襟翼 (jīnyì)
• 襟裾馬牛 / 襟裾马牛
• 襟要
• 襟韻 / 襟韵
• 誓彼襟靈 / 誓彼襟灵
• 連襟 / 连襟 (liánjīn)
• 開襟 / 开襟
• 馬牛襟裾 / 马牛襟裾