turban

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone script depicting a piece of cloth rolled up or a turban. Over time, it became a symbol for fabrics, garments, and woven objects.

Mnemonic: The three strokes of the turban radical suggest a folded cloth bundle wrapped tightly together.

• 巾jīn🔊

  towel

  3 strokes

• 币bì🔊

  money

  4 strokes

• 巿fú🔊

  (literary) variant of 韍|韨[fu2]

  4 strokes

• 布bù🔊

  variant of 布[bu4]

  HSK 3

  5 strokes

• 市shì🔊

  market

  HSK 2

  5 strokes

• 帅shuài🔊

  (bound form) commander-in-chief

  HSK 4

  5 strokes

• 帄dīng🔊

  patch (for mending clothes)

  5 strokes

• 师shī🔊

  teacher

  6 strokes

• 帆fān🔊

  to gallop

  HSK 7

  6 strokes

• 帐zhàng🔊

  (bound form) curtain; tent; canopy

  7 strokes

• 希xī🔊

  to hope

  7 strokes

• 帏wéi🔊

  curtain

  7 strokes

• 帕pà🔊

  to wrap

  8 strokes

• 帖tiē🔊

  fitting snugly

  8 strokes

• 帑tǎng🔊

  state treasury

  8 strokes

• 帔pèi🔊

  cape

  8 strokes

• 帗fú🔊

  object held by dancer

  8 strokes

• 帘lián🔊

  flag used as a shop sign

  8 strokes

• 帙zhì🔊

  variant of 帙[zhi4]

  8 strokes

• 帚zhǒu🔊

  variant of 帚[zhou3]

  8 strokes

• 帛bó🔊

  silk

  8 strokes

• 帜zhì🔊

  flag

  8 strokes

• 帮bāng🔊

  to help

  HSK 1

  9 strokes

• 带dài🔊

  band

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 帝dì🔊

  emperor

  9 strokes

• 帧zhēn🔊

  frame

  9 strokes

• 帟yì🔊

  canopy

  9 strokes

• 帡píng🔊

  used in 帡幪[ping2 meng2]

  9 strokes

• 帣juàn🔊

  a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure)

  9 strokes

• 席xí🔊

  woven mat (variant of 席[xi2])

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 帨shuì🔊

  handkerchief

  10 strokes

• 帱chóu🔊

  canopy

  10 strokes

• 常cháng🔊

  always

  HSK 1

  11 strokes

• 帲píng🔊

  variant of 帡[ping2]

  11 strokes

• 帷wéi🔊

  curtain

  11 strokes

• 帹shà🔊

  kerchief covering head (arch.)

  11 strokes

• 帺qí🔊

  variant of 綥[qi2]

  11 strokes

• 帻zé🔊

  turban

  11 strokes

• 帼guó🔊

  cap worn by women

  11 strokes

• 帽mào🔊

  old variant of 帽[mao4]

  12 strokes

• 幅fú🔊

  width

  HSK 5

  12 strokes

• 幄wò🔊

  tent

  12 strokes

• 幈píng🔊

  variant of 屏[ping2]

  12 strokes

• 幕mù🔊

  old variant of 幕[mu4]

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 幋pán🔊

  large scarf

  13 strokes

• 幌huǎng🔊

  shop sign

  13 strokes

• 幏jià🔊

  cloth (archaic), esp. of southern ethnic groups

  13 strokes

• 幔màn🔊

  curtain

  14 strokes