Kanji
巾
N1
3 strokes
Grade 8
towel, hanging scroll, width, cloth radical (no. 50)
On'yomi (音読み)
キン、 フク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
おお.い、 ちきり、 きれ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
頭巾
ずきん
headgear (esp. one made of cloth); hood
雑巾
ぞうきん
house-cloth; dust cloth
布巾
ふきん
dish towel; tea towel
大黒頭巾
だいこくずきん
bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)
頭巾海豹
ずきんあざらし
hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)
巾着草
きんちゃくそう
pocketbook plant (any plant of genus Calceolaria)
縦縞巾着鯛
たてじまきんちゃくだい
emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
巾着鯛
キンチャクダイ
bluestriped angelfish (Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis)
防災頭巾
ぼうさいずきん
disaster hood; protective hood worn during earthquakes and other disasters (e.g. to protect from falling objects)
防空頭巾
ぼうくうずきん
air-raid hood
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
雑巾摺り
ぞうきんずり
skirting board (in a Japanese-style room); baseboard
捨て頭巾
すてずきん
hood made useless by the warmer weather of spring
紅巾の乱
こうきんのらん
Red Turban Rebellion (China; 1351-1366)
くくり頭巾
くくりずきん
bouffant cloth cap (traditionally worn by old people and monks)
ボロ雑巾
ぼろぞうきん
dirty worn-out rag
Example sentences
昔々（むかしむかし）、ある村（むら）に緑（みどり）ずきんちゃんと呼（よ）ばれる少女（しょうじょ）が住（す）んでいました。
Once upon a time, there lived in a village a little girl called Little Green Hood.
ぬれたぞうきんで窓（まど）をふきなさい。
Clean the window with a damp cloth.
マユコはふきんでテーブルをふいた。
Mayuko wiped a table with a cloth.