turban

Components

Meaning component
jīn cloth

towel

Sound component
(beat against), tedious

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjowk[b](r)okkerchief (Shuōwén)
Zhengzhangboɡ

說文解字

帊也。从巾菐聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica