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衿
Mandarin · pinyin jīn
Meanings
- collar
- belt
- variant of 襟 jīn
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- 衿
- jīn · collar or lapel of garment
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Mandarin tones
1 · jin1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gam1 · kam1
Cantonese word readings for 衿. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- collar; lapel
- sash used to tie a garment
- gown
- scholar
- (archaic) to tie; to knot
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