Memory phrase for the Kanji: 襟

襟

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Meaning collar, lapel, neck

Pronunciation

KIN
eri

Explanation

Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: forbid/prohibit 禁 (= Only putting twice wood 林 on the altar 示 [as a sacrifice] is forbidden.)

Mnemonic
 
Clothes that are forbidden are with collars and lapels.

Radicals

衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is often used in a simplified stroke count as 巾.
林 small forest
礻 to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
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 Vocabulary

襟 えり  neck, collar, lapel, neckband

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