布巾
ふきん · fukin · JLPT N1 · noun
fabric
🍽️ 布 (cloth) + 巾 (towel/cloth) = a cloth for wiping dishes
巾 was an old word for a cloth or kerchief, so 布巾 stacks cloth on cloth. Read it fu-kin, and remember that the fabric word appears twice.
布 — hand 手 (as 𠂇) + cloth 巾
Originally a pictograph of woven cloth held in a hand, combining a hand element (𠂇) with 巾 'cloth/towel'. The core meaning 'cloth' was extended to 'spread out, display' (as cloth is unfurled), giving modern senses like 'announce' and 'arrange'.