Kanji Detail for 衽 - "collar, front panel, bedding"

衽

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
衽 means "collar, front panel, bedding."
1. Collar - The neckline of a garment.
2. Front panel - A half-width cloth sewn from collar to hem on a kimono.
3. Bedding - A sleeping mat; futon.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

neck of a garment; gusset; gore

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

lapel; hidden lapel of coat

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(literary) overlapping part of Chinese gown; lapel; sleeping mat

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

collar, lapel

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The lapel of clothing. The Analerts says "I would be wearing my hair loose with my robe fastening on the left." Bowing is called 斂衽 (gathering the lapel), meaning lifting one's clothes to kneel. Later only used by women. | A sleeping mat. Such as saying 衽席之上 (on the sleeping mat).
Onyomi

jin(じん)

nin(にん)
Kunyomi

eri(えり)

mo(も)

okumi
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

衣衤 (koromo・koromohen)
Related Keywords
collar neckline garment front panel half width cloth sewn hem kimono bedding sleeping mat futon