巾

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towel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old); Kangxi radical 50

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Formation & memory

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Pictograph (象形字)

A curtain or towel hanging from a rack

Components 冂丨

towel · Heisig RSH #410

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
黄巾起义	Huáng jīn Qǐ yì	Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
黄巾民变	Huáng jīn Mín biàn	the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
方头巾	fāng tóu jīn	headscarf
黄巾之乱	Huáng jīn zhī Luàn	the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
一字巾	yī zì jīn	headband; strip of cloth worn around the head
三角巾	sān jiǎo jīn	sling (for a wounded arm)
红巾军	hóng jīn jūn	the Red Turbans, peasant rebellion at the end of the Yuan dynasty
黄巾军	Huáng jīn jūn	the army of Yellow Turbans, a peasant uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
绿头巾	lǜ tóu jīn	green turban (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold)
卫生巾	wèi shēng jīn	sanitary towel
羊肚子手巾	yáng dù zi shǒu jīn	see 羊肚手巾[yang2 du4 shou3 jin1]
红领巾	hóng lǐng jīn	red neckscarf; by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers
羊肚子毛巾	yáng dù zi máo jīn	see 羊肚手巾[yang2 du4 shou3 jin1]
头巾	tóu jīn	cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times; headscarf (typically worn by women); ker…
手巾	shǒu jīn	hand towel; handkerchief
面巾	miàn jīn	face flannel or towel; shroud (over the face of a corpse)
黄巾	Huáng jīn	refers to the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
布巾	bù jīn	a cloth
龙巾	lóng jīn	imperial towel
戴绿头巾	dài lǜ tóu jīn	see 戴綠帽子\|戴绿帽子[dai4 lu:4 mao4 zi5]

These characters use 巾 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
巾 sound part	jīn	cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
制	zhì	system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower