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襟

jīn

Character

What 襟 means

1. lapel
2. overlap of Chinese gown
3. fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
4. to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom

Example sentences

• 逆境顺境看襟度，临喜临怒看涵养。
  Adversity and prosperity reveal one's breadth of mind; joy and anger test one's self-restraint.

Words starting with 襟

• 襟兄jīn xiōnghusband of wife's older sister
• 襟度jīn dù(literary) breadth of mind
• 襟弟jīn dìhusband of wife's younger sister
• 襟怀jīn huáibosom (the seat of emotions); one's mind
• 襟抱jīn bàoambition; an aspiration
• 襟素jīn sùone's true heart
• 襟翼jīn yì(aircraft) wing flap
• 襟副翼jīn fù yìflaperon (aeronautics)
• 襟怀坦白jīn huái tǎn báiopen and candid (idiom); not hiding anything; ingenuous; openhearted
• 襟怀夷旷jīn huái yí kuàngbroad-minded

Words containing 襟

• 衣襟yī jīnthe front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket; lapel
• 胸襟xiōng jīnlapel of jacket; heart; aspiration
• 正襟危坐zhèng jīn wēi zuòto sit upright and still (idiom)
• 捉襟见肘zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒulit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash…
• 对襟duì jīnbuttoned Chinese jacket
• 连襟lián jīnhusbands of sisters; brothers-in-law; extremely close (of a relationship)
• 开襟kāi jīnbuttoned Chinese tunic; unbuttoned (to cool down)
• 开襟衫kāi jīn shāncardigan
• 扼襟控咽è jīn kòng yānto secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass

Characters that look like 襟

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 骤zhòusudden; unexpected; abrupt
• 檬méngused in 柠檬
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 鳕xuěcodfish; Gadus macrocephalus
• 擢zhuóto pull out; to select; to promote
• 镫dèngstirrup

Sounds the same

Read jīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 今now; the present time; current
• 金gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 斤catty; (mainland) weight equal to 500 g; (Taiwan) weight equal to 600 g
• 巾towel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old)
• 津saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing
• 筋muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin
• 禁to endure
• 矜to boast; to esteem; to sympathize
• 衿collar; belt; variant of 襟
• 珒a kind of jade
• 祲evil force
• 紟a sash; to tie