The Chinese Radical: 衣


Hanzi-Trainer
Search:
 
Meaning
clothes    衣

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
clothes, to dress, to wear
yī, yì

Image of a shirt with neck, collar and below two sleeves.
JLPT HSK 1
hello (on telephone), to feed (i.e. animal)
wèi
Left: mouth , right: awe, reverence (.. because he has rice fields and [good] clothes .)
His mouth was in awe when saying: "Hello!"
JLPT HSK 2
exterior surface, outside, to show (one's opinion)
biǎo
Top: growing plant , below: clothes
Growing plants and clothes show at the surface.
JLPT HSK 2
journey, travel, trip

Left: square/direction , right: originally two persons assembling under a banner - (alternatively: see it as a variation for clothes ?)
Arranged in one direction the people are under the banner ready for the journey.
JLPT HSK 3
bedding, cover, quilt, by (passive)
bèi
Left: clothes 衤/, right: skin/leather (A hand with a knife peels off the skin .)
(A large fur is meant.) "Clothes" of leather serve as bedding.
JLPT HSK 3
pants, trousers, drawers

广
Left: clothes 衤/, right: warehouse 库 (If there is a vehicle /車 in a building 广, then in the warehouse.)
Clothes for the warehouse are the pants.
JLPT HSK 3
shirt, gown, robe, jacket with open slits in place of sleeves
shān
Left: clothes 衤/, right: hair
Clothes (that is warming) like hair, is: the shirt.
JLPT HSK 3
skirt
qún
Left: clothes 衤/, right: monarch,master (Here: hand with needle and circumferential closed skirt [in cross-sectional view])
This clothing is sewn made with a needle in a hand and looks (in cross-sectional view) like a skirt: The skirt!
JLPT HSK 3
inner layer of garment, underwear, lining
chèn
Left: clothes 衤/, right: skillful hand
(For sewing) clothes you need a skillful hand if it is an inner layer or underwear.
JLPT HSK 4
exhibition, to spread out, open up, prolong
zhǎn
From top: buttock seen from the side , grass, plant , var. of clothes
For the buttocks they used grass to make clothes, and this should be in an exhibition.
JLPT HSK 4
bag, a pouch, sack, pocket
dài
Top: generation (The person passes on the sabre to next generation.), below: clothes
(Younger siblings must continue to wear the clothes until been worn out.) If already generations used these clothes, it looks like a sack!
JLPT HSK 4
socks, stockings

Left: cloth 衤/, right: end (The top branch of the tree marks the end.)
The clothes that are at the end (of the body) are the socks.
JLPT HSK 5
to cut out (as a dress), trim, reduce, decision, judgment
cái
Top: ten , halberd , bottom: clothes 衤/
For ten layers of clothes we use a halberd to cut it out.
JLPT HSK 5
peasant, to farm, agriculture
nóng
Top: cover , below: variant of clothes
(Because he has to go out in all weathers) He has a side-extended cover on his clothes: the peasant!
JLPT HSK 5
costume, clothes, pretend, install, equipment
zhuāng
Top: strong, robust 壮 (In the bed is the scholar strong and robust) [=tree cut into half], below: clothes
In the bed the scholar (recovered) and wears his clothes like a costume.
JLPT HSK 5
to repair, to patch, to mend, supplement

Left: clothes 衤/, right: fortune telling (here: image of a needle with a thread (cf. 针)
For the clothes, take a needle to repair.
JLPT HSK 5
to boil (liquid), to roll, tumble
gǔn
Left: water , right: 衮 (six , nose , clothes )
In the water are six noses and clothes that are boiling.
JLPT HSK 5
to depend on, according to, rely on

Left: Person , right: clothes
(Dress for success:) How the person dresses, it is depending on.
JLPT HSK 5
at first, (at the) beginning, junior
chū
Left: clothes 衤/, right: sword
He is wearing the clothes and the sword for the first time.
JLPT HSK 5
to bind, to wrap, a bundle, a parcel
guǒ
Top and bottom: clothes 衤/, middle: fruit (= the 'rice field' at the tree )
Within the clothes are the fruits wrapped as: a parcel!
JLPT HSK 5
descendants, ethnic (..chinese)

Top: clothes , bottom: 冏 as a variant of sales/trade 商 (A vendor standing behind a sales desk /冏 with some goods )
The clothes are sold for the descendants.
JLPT HSK 6
rich, abundant

Left: clothes 衤/, right: valley (Shows a valley that opens into a plain .)
The clothes in this valley looks rich.
JLPT HSK 6
to tear, split, crack, to break open, to rend
liè
Top: row (wicked [= bar bone] is exposed with a knife in a row [i.e. backbone]), bottom: clothes
In a row (=direction of looming) clothes are teared.
JLPT HSK 6
awe, reverence, to fear, to dread
wèi
From top: field , Variation of clothes
He has fields and (good) clothes: we are in awe.
JLPT HSK 6
inner feelings
zhōng
Center: middle , rest: clothes
In the middle of the clothes she hides her inner feelings.
JLPT HSK 6
to attack, to raid, invade, to inherit

Top: dragon (The outstanding person / has a broken leg with a winding dragon ), bottom: clothes 衤/
If the dragon is at your clothes, it is an attack.
JLPT HSK 6
gown (lined), robe
páo
Left: cloth 衤/, right: enwrap (The wrap itself makes it to be wrapped.)
The cloth for being "enwrapped", is a gown.
JLPT HSK 6
sleeve, to tuck inside one's sleeve
xiù
Left: clothes/cloth 衤/, right: reason (The seedling /sprout in the field has its reason)
If the cloth has something "sprouting" out (like a seedling ), it is: the sleeve.
JLPT HSK 6
to become weak, deteriorate, decline, wane
cuī, shuāi
Sorrow, distress (in the clothes a big hole ), dash , e.g. for a cut
The distress about the cut made him weak.
JLPT HSK 6
mourn, mourning, funeral
sāng, sàng
Top: two bodies in the earth (cf. gold ), bottom: clothes
When the two bodies come into the earth, you wear these clothes: to mourn at the funeral.
JLPT HSK 6
skirt, petticoat, lower garment
cháng
Top: esteem, to value (A small house with a window is furthermore esteemed.), below: clothes 衤/
An esteem clothes is the skirt.
JLPT HSK 6
bundle wrapped in cloth

Left: clothes 衤/, right: subsue 伏 (A person / is like a dog , when it subdues.)
With clothes a person can (carry) a dog, enwrapped as: a bundle.
JLPT HSK 6
sorrow, grief, pity, to lament, to condole
āi
Top and bottom: clothes , center: a big hole
Clothes with a central hole causes: sorrow.
JLPT no HSK
long robe (old)
yuán
From top: earth , mouth (here: sleeve), clothes
Down to the ground reaches the sleeve of this clothe: the long robe.
JLPT no HSK
lapel, overlap of Chinese gown, heart, aspiration
jīn
Left: clothes 衤/, right: prohibit, forbid 禁 (In the wood a "Showing up " is forbidden, Or: Putting only twice wood on the altar (as a sacrifice) is: forbidden.)
Clothes that is forbidden: are lapels.
JLPT no HSK
fur, fur coat
qiú
Top: ask for, request ([I'm dying of thirst:] Just one drop of water , this is my: request!), bottom: clothes 衤/
(It's very cold:) I request clothes, namely: fur.
JLPT no HSK
to help, to assist, assistance
xiāng
From top: cover , two pieces , well ,cloth
For covering both (=two pieces ) wells with cloth , I need help!
JLPT no HSK
surname Pei
péi
Top: not, denial (inverted wings ), bottom: clothes 衤/
The one who has no clothes, is: Mr. Péi.
JLPT no HSK
coat, jacket, gown, ensheath
guà
Left: clothes 衤/, right: trigram 卦 (twice earth as fortune telling in trigram)
Clothes in fortune telling can ensheath as a coat.
JLPT no HSK
ape
yuán
Left: wild animal , right: long robe (old) (Down to the ground reaches the sleeve of this clothes : the long robe.)
An animal in a long robe appears like: a monkey.
JLPT no HSK
to take off (clothes), to fade
tùn
退
Left: clothes 衤/, right: to retreat, decline 退 (The movement is not good if it is a retreat.)
Clothes are 'retreated', when they are: taken off.
JLPT no HSK
mattress

Left: clothes 衤/, right: disgrace, dishonor 辱 (Having the plow in his skillful hands he understood as: disgrace.)
For clothes it is a disgrace only serving as: a mattress.
JLPT no HSK
coat, jacket, lined winter coat
ǎo
Left: cloth 衤/, right: early death (here: heaven/sky )
The cloth that is heavenly, is used for the lined coat.
JLPT no HSK
disrespectful, obscene, licentious
xiè
Top und down: cloth 衤(), middle: grasp, seize (If you get your hand to that small bead you grasp it.)
Grasping someone's clothes [i.e. by hand at a button ] is disrespectful.
JLPT no HSK
delicate, graceful, curling
niǎo
Top: vari. of bird 鸟/ (= a bird with head, wings, and claws), bottom: clothes 衤
(With feather ornaments?) If you use birds for clothes/dressing, you look: delicate and graceful.
JLPT no HSK
roll over on side (in bed), roller
zhǎn
Left: vehicle /車, right: exhibition, to spread out 展 (For the buttocks they used grass to make clothes , and this should be in an exhibition)
With a vehicle the buttocks becomes (flat) like clothes, if you: roll over.
JLPT no HSK
to praise, to honor, to commend
bāo
Top + below: clothes , center: protect (The person builds a fence over tree to protect it.)
To preserve clothes is to be praised.
JLPT no HSK
to bare
tǎn
Left: clothes 衤/, right: sun rise (The sun above the horizon )
Stripping of the clothes, just as the sun exposes itself at sunrise, means: become bare.
JLPT no HSK
to cuddle, embrace, fondle
wēi
Left: person , right: awe/reverence (because he has rice fields and (good) clothes )
(Don't jump all over your partner right away:) A person shows awe/respect when cuddling.
JLPT no HSK
millstone, stone roller, to grind, crush, husk
niǎn
Left: stone , right: to exhibit 展 (For the buttocks they used grass to make clothes , and this should be in an exhibition)
The stone that is (especially) exhibited is the millstone.
JLPT no HSK
pleat, crease
zhě
Left: clothes 衤/, right: 習 (wing, feather /习 und weiß )
If the clothes have "white wings", they are: pleats.
JLPT no HSK
surname Chu
chǔ
Left: clothes 衤/, right: person (old man on the sun )
Such clothes have the persons of family Chu.
JLPT no HSK
coarse woolen cloth, dull, dark

Left: clothes 衤/, right: interrogation (=The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.)
The clothes at interrogations are of coarse woolen cloth.
JLPT no HSK
naked
luǒ
Left: var. of clothes 衤/, right: fruit (= The "rice field" at the tree )
Clothes have the effect, as its "fruit", that you are not naked.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

At the page you get the memory phrases for learning the Chinese Hanzi. If you are learning the Japanese kanji, please follow this link.



List of the characters | List of the radicals
Get the app of the Hanzi-Trainer!

The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!

To the Trainer