裳 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「衣」+音符「尚」。「もすそ」を意味する漢語{裳}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

skirt

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
Kun (native)
  • もすそ
Other languages
  • 拼音chang2
  • 拼音shang5
  • 한글sang
  • Hán-ViệtThường

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
衣(ころも)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+88F3

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱龸𧘗

Words using this kanji

  • traditional skirt
  • チマ韓服で用いられる、胸からくるぶしまでの長さの巻きスカート。chima
  • 裳裾もすそ衣服の裾。cuff (of pants), hem (of skirt), train (of dress), foot (of mountain)
  • 裳階もこし仏堂や仏塔などで軒下に設置された差掛けのひさしのような部分。pent roof (below the true roof of a pagoda, etc.)
  • 裳着もぎHeian-period coming-of-age ceremony for girls

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-9
Four Corner
9073.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3n11.2
Heisig
863
Nelson
1370