Kanji Detail for 衿 - "collar, to fasten"

衿

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
衿 means "collar, to fasten."
1. Collar - The collar of clothing; the neckline.
2. To fasten - To tie; to wear.
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