襟

jīn
#2,837 most
frequent character
lapel, overlap of Chinese gown

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

襟 has 衤 a garment as its picture part and 禁 jìn as a sound part. It first meant the collar of a garment. That grew to mean a lapel. The meaning husbands of sisters was borrowed only for its sound.

Drawn as: upper-body garment

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Homophones

斤jīn
a unit of weight (=1/2 kilogram)
金jīn
gold
筋jīn
tendon
今jīn
now, the present time, current
禁jīn
to endure
津jīn
saliva, sweat, a ferry crossing

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