师
JLPT HSK 1

shī
Left: knife刂, right: one 一 (here: stick) and cloth 巾
He comes with a knife, a stick and good cloth: The master!

	常
JLPT HSK 2

cháng
Top: esteem, still 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with a window 口 is furthermore esteemed.), bottom: cloth 巾
Esteem is given to this cloth: usually.

	希
JLPT HSK 2

xī
Top: cross-stitch 㐅, below: cloth 布
A cross-stitch on a cloth is rare.

	帮
JLPT HSK 2

bāng
Top: country/nation 邦 (= abundance 丰 in the villages⻏) [abundance 丰 = flourish plant], bottom: cloth 巾
If there is abundance in the villages you can give cloth as a help.

	带
JLPT HSK 3

dài
From Top: thirty 卅 (here: three settings at a belt 一), to cover 冖, cloth 巾
It can be set in three positions and it covers the clothes: The belt.

	市
JLPT HSK 3

shì
Top: a cover 亠, below: fabric/cloth 巾
You get covers and cloth in the city on the market.

	帽
JLPT HSK 3

mào
Left: cloth 巾, right: emit (smoke) 冒 (Under the cover 冂 steam 二 is visible 目, because it is uprising.), but here 冂 and 二 together as: sun 日
The cloth to keep the sun 日 out of the eyes is: a cap.

	刷
JLPT HSK 3

shuā, shuà
Left: bottocks in side view 尸 with cloth 巾 is here understood as tail [to be correct: 尾 means tail], right: knife刂
At the bottocks the 'cloth' [="tail"] is cut and used as: a brush.

	帅
JLPT HSK 4

shuài
Left: knife/cut刂, right: cloth/fabric 巾
If you use the knife for cutting the cloth, you will be handsome.

	巾
JLPT HSK 4

jīn

Pictograph showing a thread in a piece of cloth 巾 (or a shirt with sleeves)

	币
JLPT HSK 5

bì
Character is similar to city: 市 (cover 亠 and cloth 巾)
Similar to the city it is related to money and currency.

	席
JLPT HSK 5

xí
Outside: building 广, below: var. objects 廿, cloth 巾
In the building, they use things of cloth: as seats.

	幕
JLPT HSK 5

mù
Top: negative 莫 (to sink/go down: sunset 日 between plants 艹,艹= 大) [sunrise is: 旦 or ], bottom: cloth 巾
Sinking cloth is a curtain.

	制
JLPT HSK 5

zhì
Left: cow 牛, cloth 巾; right: knife刂
A cow wrapped in cloth and with a knife: what a system!

	幅
JLPT HSK 5

fú
Left: cloth 巾, right: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally image of a barrel as an offering to the temple, thus signifying wealth and luck 福)
This cloth is like a wine barrel: sufficient width for a banner.

	佩
JLPT HSK 5

pèi
Left: person 亻, right: sail 几 (cf. wind 风) and cloth 巾
The person sees in the sail a piece of cloth, admires it and wants to wear it.

	饰
JLPT HSK 5

shì
Left: food 饣/食, right: lying person , cloth 巾
If the food is laid on a cloth, it is: a decoration.

	布
JLPT HSK 5

bù
Left: hand , right: cloth 巾
The hand is holding a cloth.

	狮
JLPT HSK 5

shī
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: master, teacher 师 (knife刂, 帀 = 一 as head and fabric 巾 as fur)
(The lion's fur is popular) The animal that you skin with a knife over its head is: the lion.

	帘
JLPT HSK 5

lián
Top: hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), bottom: cloth/fabric 巾
In front of the hole we put a fabric: The curtain.

	怖
JLPT HSK 6

bù
Left: feeling 忄, right: cloth 布 (Here a hand and shoulders 巾, which are composed of a backbone 丨 and two arms 冂)
The feeling with a hand on my shoulder is fear and being terrified.

	帝
JLPT HSK 6

dì
From top: stand 立, cover 冖, cloth 巾
Stand and cover yourself with cloth, the emperor is coming.

	吊
JLPT HSK 6

diào
Top: mouth 口 (here: crane or winch), below: fabric/cloth 巾
The crane is using a fabric for hanging things and make them suspended.

	帐
JLPT HSK 6

zhàng
Left: cloth 巾, right: long 长/長 (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
Cloth that is long, was used as an account book or as a canopy.

	滞
JLPT HSK 6

zhì
Left: water 氵, right: belt 带 (A belt 一 in 3 positions as a cover 冖 for the cloth 巾)
(To build a pond with a dam/dike) The water within the 'belt' is inhibited & sluggish.

	砸
JLPT HSK 6

zá
Left: stone 石, right: 匝 (embracement 匚, cloth 巾
(A stone in a loop/hanger of cloth is like a slingshot:) A stone in an sling of cloth is used to smash things.

	帆
JLPT HSK 6

fān
Left: cloth 巾, right: sail 几 with something 丶 (cf. common 凡 = A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.) [cf. wind 风, which is simplified from 風]
Cloth is commonly used for sails.

	幢
JLPT HSK 6

zhuàng, chuáng
Left: cloth 巾, right: child 童 (Standing 立 in the village 里: a child.)
A cloth [as small as] a child is: a banner.

	帜
JLPT HSK 6

zhì
Left: cloth 巾, right: alone 只 (Here: piece of cloth 口 above two arms 八)
The cloth that is hold above the arms is a flag.

	帖
JLPT HSK 6

tiē, tiě, tiè
Left: cloth 巾, right: divine 占
A cloth to devine, that it is appropriately fitting snugly.

	筛
JLPT HSK 6

shāi
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: master, teacher 师 (He has a knife 刂, a stick 一 and good cloth 巾)
Bamboo 竹 was cut 刂 for it and the sieve 一 is made of cloth 巾: a sieve.

	涮
JLPT HSK 6

shuàn
Left: water 氵, right: brush 刷 (The "tail" [= cloth 巾 at the buttocks 尸] is cut刂 and used as a brush) [cf. tail 尾]
Use water and a brush for rinsing.

	帕
JLPT no HSK

pà
Left: cloth 巾, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.)
The cloth in white is: the handkerchief.

	嫦
JLPT no HSK

cháng
Left: woman 女, right: usually 常 (His esteem 尚 is given to this cloth 巾 usually.)
A woman should usually be in the moon.

	幌
JLPT no HSK

huǎng
Left: cloth 巾, right: dazzle, swing 晃 (The sun 日 has light 光 that is dazzling, like swinging around.)
The cloth that is dazzling, is the: advertising sign.

	幡
JLPT no HSK

fān
Left: cloth 巾, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
This cloth shows, what is foreign: The banner!

	帷
JLPT no HSK

wéi
Left: cloth 巾, right: bird 隹
(in the breeze:) The cloth that (moves like) a bird is: the curtain.

	幔
JLPT no HSK

màn
Left: cloth 巾, right: handsome 曼 (.. when the sun 日 shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes 又)
The cloth that is handsome is the: curtain.

	帧
JLPT no HSK

zhèng
Left: cloth 巾, right: faithful 贞 (Who divines 卜 for money 贝 must be faithful.)
(For a canvas you need a strong fabric:) With fabric that is faithfully (=sufficient strength), you can make a frame/picture.

	帚
JLPT no HSK

zhǒu

Shows at the top a hand and at the bottom: a broom.

	帛
JLPT no HSK

bó
Top: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white), bottom: cloth, fabric 巾
The white cloth is: silk.