Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: neck, collar, lapel

Kunyomi: えり

Onyomi: キン コン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: clothes

Examples

Onyomi Examples

開襟 カイキン unbuttoning a collar, opening up (one's heart), open-necked shirt

Kunyomi Examples

えり collar, lapel, neckband, neck, nape of the neck, scruff of the neck

襟元 えりもと (around the) neck, nape, collar (at the front)

うらえり neckband lining

はんえり neckpiece (on a kimono)