| Word form | hankachi |
| Original script | ハンカチ |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | handkerchief |
| Comments on word | originally hankachiifu, then clipped to hankachi (first in 1911) |
| Analyzability | unanalyzable |
| Age | Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007) |
| Lexical stratum | gairaigo |
| Year | 1887 |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 9.5 |