褌 — gon

Parts that make up 褌

How 褌 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 褌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 衣, 軍.

Japanese words with 褌

• 褌ふんどし fundoshi; loincloth; traditional Japanese men's undergarment made from a length of cotton
• 緊褌きんこん loincloth
• 前褌まえみつ front of a mawashi
• 横褌よこみつ either side of a rikishi's mawashi
• 越中褌えっちゅうふんどし string loincloth; G-string
• 六尺褌ろくしゃくふんどし traditional Japanese G-string for men
• 褌一つふんどしひとつ (wearing) a loincloth alone; nothing but a loincloth
• 褌祝いへこいわい coming of age ceremony where boys get a new loincloth and girls a new underskirt
• 緊褌一番きんこんいちばん gird oneself up

Characters sharing the phonetic 軍

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “곤”

Other hanja with radical 衣