Moto 襟: Collar; Neck; LapelKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キン
- Kun'yomi
- えり
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 61 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キン)
- 胸襟きょうきんone's heart
- 宸襟しんきんmind of the emperor; inner feelings of the emperor
- 胸襟を開くきょうきんをひらくto be frank; to speak one's mind
- 襟度きんどmagnanimity; generosity
- 襟懐きんかい(one's) inner thoughts; feelings
- 開襟かいきんunbuttoning a collar
- 開襟シャツかいきんシャツopen-necked shirt
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 襟えりcollar; lapel
- 襟元えりもと(around the) neck; nape
- 襟巻きえりまきmuffler (often fur); scarf
- ひだ襟ひだえりruff; ruffled collar
- 丸襟まるえりround collar (of Western clothing)
- 共襟ともえりsame-colored neckband (coloured)
- 半襟はんえりquality collar for an under kimono
- 台襟だいえりneckband (of a shirt)
- 折り襟おりえりturned-down collar; lapel
- 掛け襟かけえりprotective collar on kimono or bed clothes
- 白襟しろえりwhite collar; white lapel
- 白襟マンガベイしろえりマンガベイcollared mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus); red-capped mangabey
- 白襟禿鷲しろえりはげわしgriffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)
- 白黒襟巻狐猿しろくろえりまききつねざるblack-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)
- 立ち襟たちえりstand-up collar
- 裏襟うらえりneckband lining
- 襞襟ひだえりruff; ruffled collar
- 襟ぐりえりぐりneckline (of dress, etc.)
- 襟つきえりつきcollared; having a collar
- 襟の折り返しえりのおりかえしlapel
- 襟もとえりもと(around the) neck; nape
- 襟を正すえりをただすto straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture
- 襟付えりつきcollared; having a collar
- 襟付きえりつきcollared; having a collar
- 襟先えりさきcollar points; tip of a collar
- 襟刳りえりぐりneckline (of dress, etc.)
- 襟回りえりまわりcollar; area around the collar
- 襟巻えりまきmuffler (often fur); scarf
- 襟巻鷸えりまきしぎruff; reeve (species of sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax)
- 襟換ええりがえbecoming a geisha (of a geisha apprentice)
- 襟替ええりがえbecoming a geisha (of a geisha apprentice)
- 襟章えりしょうlapel badge; collar badge
- 襟細胞えりさいぼうchoanocyte; collar cell
- 襟腰えりこしheight of the neck
- 襟足えりあしhairline at nape of neck; nape of neck
- 襟鞭毛虫えりべんもうちゅうchoanoflagellate
- 襟鞭毛虫綱えりべんもうちゅうこうChoanoflagellatea; class of flagellate eukaryotes closely related to animals
- 襟鞭毛虫門えりべんもうちゅうもんChoanozoa; phylum of protists closer to animals than to fungi
- 襟飾りえりかざりjewellery worn at the neck or collar of Western clothing (brooch, necklace, choker, etc.)
- 襟首えりくびnape of the neck
- 襟首をつかむえりくびをつかむto seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck
- 襟首を掴むえりくびをつかむto seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck
- 襟髪えりがみscruff of neck
- 詰め襟つめえりstand-up collar
- 赤襟巻狐猿あかえりまききつねざるred ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
- 赤襟鰭足鷸あかえりひれあししぎred-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Other readings
- 白襟鸛しろえりこうwoolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus); whitenecked stork
- 立襟たちえりstand-up collar
- 蛮襟ばんカラscruffy; unconcerned about one's personal appearance
- 襟巻き蜥蜴えりまきとかげfrilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii); frill-necked lizard
- 襟巻蜥蜴えりまきとかげfrilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii); frill-necked lizard
- 襟白粉えりおしろいwhite powder for use on the neck (e.g. by geisha)
- 詰襟つめえりstand-up collar
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