Additional information about 巾
說文解字: 【巾】，佩巾也。从冖，丨象糸也。 〔小徐本「糸」作「系」。〕 凡巾之屬皆从巾。 【居銀切】
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- TURBAN
1. The general word for a turban is jīn 巾, and this type of headgear is worn as the only headgear.
2. Zé 幘 is rare in pre-Han times and refers to a piece of thin silk with which to stabilise the hair-bun which parts of which might hang down over the shoulders and down to the eyebrows. Above the zé 幘 one might, occasionally, wear a guān 冠 "hat".
- COVER
1. The current general word for any mode of covering something for any purpose or in any way is fù 覆. The covering agent can be animate or inanimate, but typically the purpose of the covering is protection.
2. Bèi 被 is to cover all over, typically in order as to protect from outside impact of cold etc.. The covering agent is typically human.
3. Bì 蔽 (cog. bì4 庇 "protect") is to cover so as to keep from physical or intellectual sight, and this may be said freely of animate and inanimate subjects to whom the covering effect is attributed.
4. Yǎn 掩 / 揜 is an informal word which focusses on the deliberate act by a human, executed with his hand, which is designed to prevent something from being discovered or from getting in touch with other things.
5. Gài 蓋 is to cover with a lid or the like, typically to protect not against damage but against intrusion of external things. See HIDE
6. Méng 蒙 is typically and primarily to make something obscure by some action of hiding or covering it, often with paper or cloth.
7. Jīn 巾 refers to covering something with a cloth.
8. Zhē 遮 is an elevated term referring to covering up something so as to protect it against interference from the outside and to hinder physical access of hostile forces, and this covering may be by humans or by physical effects.