piece

A roll  of cloth  also provides the pronunciation

Components
巾 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

cloth

畐 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

to fill

Evolution

幅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
幅 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
幅 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
幅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

piece, strip, breadth of, hem; width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures

Most common words with 幅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

width

幅度

width

涨幅

amount of increase

增幅

growth rate

大幅度

by a wide margin