The Radical: 衣


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clothes    衣

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
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 (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 (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. )
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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 / (= 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 (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 (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 / 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.

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