Kanji Detail for 衿 - "collar"

衿

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

衿 means "collar." Also associated with to fasten.
1. Collar - The collar of clothing; the neckline.
2. To fasten - To tie; to wear.
Tattoo check: 衿
- Verified meaning: collar
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read えり)
- Also carries these associations: to fasten
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Name readings of 衿

Given names 衿(えり)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

neck; collar; lapel

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

collar or lapel of garment

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

collar; belt; variant of 襟[jin1]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

collar, lapel

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

The crossed collar of clothes. The Odes says "With your blue collar." Refers to the blue collar of students' clothes. Therefore scholars are called 青衿 (blue collar). Also abbreviated as 衿. Such as 紳衿 (gentry and scholars).
Onyomi

kin(キン)

kon(コン)
Kunyomi

eri(えり)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

衣衤 (koromo・koromohen)
Related Keywords

collar to fasten neckline lapel clothing garment shirt jacket traditional