Memory phrase for the character: 襟

襟

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Meaning lapel, overlap of Chinese gown, heart, aspiration

Pronunciation

jīn

Explanation

Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: prohibit, forbid 禁 (In the wood 林 a "Showing up 示" is forbidden, Or: Putting only twice wood 林 on the altar 示 (as a sacrifice) is: forbidden.)

Mnemonic

Clothes that is forbidden: are lapels.

Radicals

衣	clothes
林	forest
示	to show, altar	Shows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.

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Vocabulary

衣襟	yī jīn	the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket; lapel
胸襟	xiōng jīn	lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision
开襟	kāi jīn	buttoned Chinese tunic; unbuttoned (to cool down)
开襟	kāi jīn

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