三 角 巾(さんかくきん)

さんかくきん

noun

triangular bandage; arm sling; (kitchen) triangular head scarf

1. triangular bandage; arm sling

A triangular cloth used in first aid to immobilize an injured arm or support a wound. A standard item in school and workplace first-aid kits.

腕(うで)を三角巾(さんかくきん)で吊(つ)った。

I put my arm in a sling.

救急箱(きゅうきゅうばこ)には三角巾(さんかくきん)が入(はい)っている。

There is a triangular bandage in the first-aid kit.

骨折(こっせつ)した右手(みぎて)を三角巾(さんかくきん)で固定(こてい)してもらった。

They put my fractured right hand in a sling to immobilize it.

2. triangular head scarf (worn in cooking class)

A triangular cloth worn over the hair to keep it out of food. Standard equipment for elementary school cooking classes and school lunch duty.

給食(きゅうしょく)当番(とうばん)は三角巾(さんかくきん)をつける。

Students on school-lunch duty wear a head scarf.

調理(ちょうり)実習(じっしゅう)では三角巾(さんかくきん)とエプロンを着用(ちゃくよう)する。

In cooking class, we wear a head scarf and an apron.

母(はは)が白(しろ)い三角巾(さんかくきん)を頭(あたま)に巻(ま)いて台所(だいどころ)に立(た)っていた。

My mother was standing in the kitchen with a white head scarf wrapped around her hair.

Compound of 三角(さんかく) (triangle) + 巾(きん) (cloth). The same shaped cloth is used for two unrelated purposes: emergency first aid and keeping hair out of food.

SENSE 1 — FIRST AID:

An essential item in any 救急箱(きゅうきゅうばこ) (first-aid kit).
Used to make an arm sling, secure a splint, or cover a wound.

SENSE 2 — KITCHEN:

Standard kit for 給食(きゅうしょく)当番(とうばん) (school-lunch duty) and 調理(ちょうり)実習(じっしゅう) (cooking class), worn together with an apron.
Often the first thing a Japanese child learns to wear in a domestic kitchen setting.

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Added 2026.6.6 12:07 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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