衣

• 𧘇 (when used as a bottom radical)
• 衤 (when used as a left radical)

衣 (radical 145, 衣+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹女 (YHV), four-corner 0073₂, composition ⿱亠𧘇)

1. Kangxi radical #145, ⾐.

• え
• 𛀀
• 𛀑
• 𛀒

• Index:Chinese radical/衣
• 初 依

• 𧘇 展

• KangXi: page 1111, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34091
• Dae Jaweon: page 1575, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3074, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8863

Historical forms of the character 衣
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) Outline of the chest, upper clothing. compare to 文 with limbs and a head.

衣

1. (upper) garment; clothes; clothing (Classifier: 件)

   衣服  ―  yīfú  ―  clothes

   內衣 / 内衣  ―  nèiyī  ―  underwear

   睡衣  ―  shuìyī  ―  night clothes; pajamas

   • 我情願節衣不願縮食。 [MSC, trad.]
     我情愿节衣不愿缩食。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ qíngyuàn jié yī bù yuàn suō shí. [Pinyin]

     I'd rather economize on clothes than food.

2. coating; covering; skin

   糖衣  ―  tángyī  ―  sugar coating

   槍衣 / 枪衣  ―  qiāngyī  ―  gun cover

3. membrane; film
4. (literary or Min) afterbirth; placenta
5. A surname​.

衣

1. ^† (literary) to dress; to wear; to put on clothes

   衣錦還鄉 / 衣锦还乡  ―  yījǐnhuánxiāng  ―  to return home in glory

2. ^† to cover; to place something over; to wrap up; to bind up
3. ^† Original form of 依 (yī, “to rely on”).

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. clothing

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Kun: ころも (koromo, 衣, Jōyō); きぬ (kinu, 衣); ぎ (gi, 衣); そ (so, 衣)

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Kojiki completed in 712 CE.

Ultimate derivation unclear. May be a compound of ころ (koro, uncertain meaning, possibly “wrapping”, cognate with 転 (koro, “roller; rolling”)) +‎ 裳 (mo, “lower robe”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ころも [kòrómó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ɾo̞mo̞]

衣 (hiragana ころも, rōmaji koromo)

1. (archaic) clothes, clothing
2. a robe (as worn by a monk, nun, or priest)
3. a coating on an item of food, such as batter or icing
4. the outer shell or carapace of an insect or other arthropod
5. the hide or feathers of a small animal

• (clothing): 服 (ふく) (fuku), 衣 (い)服 (ふく) (ifuku)
• (robe): 着 (き)物 (もの) (kimono) (non-clerical); 法 (ほう)衣 (い) (hōi) (clerical), 僧 (そう)衣 (い) (sōi) (clerical)
• (food coating, insect shell, animal skin): 外 (がい)皮 (ひ) (gaihi)

Likely cognate with 絹 (kinu, “silk”).[3] Alternatively, may also be a compound of 着 (ki, “wearing”, the 連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 着る kiru, “to wear”) +‎ 布 (nu, “cloth”, shortened from normal reading nuno).[3]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) き​ぬ [kíꜜnù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲinɯ̟ᵝ]

衣 (hiragana きぬ, rōmaji kinu)

1. clothes, clothing (particularly clothing worn on the top half of the body)
2. an overrobe
3. the skin, hide, or shell of an animal; the bark, rind, or skin of a plant

The rendaku form of 着 (ki), the 連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 着る (kiru, “to wear”).[3][4]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɡʲi]

• 着

衣 (hiragana ぎ, rōmaji -gi)

1. clothes, clothing

Only found as the latter element in compounds. More commonly spelled 着.

From Middle Chinese 衣 (MC ʔɨi, “clothes, clothing”).

The kan'on reading, so likely a more recent borrowing.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) い​ [íꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [i]

衣 (hiragana い, rōmaji i)

1. clothes, clothing

衣 (hiragana い, rōmaji i)

1. clothes, clothing
2. garb, robe (as worn by a monk, nun, or priest)

From Middle Chinese 衣 (MC ʔɨi, “clothes, clothing”).

The goon reading, so likely the older borrowing.

• On’yomi: Goon
  • IPA^(key): [e̞]

衣 (hiragana え, rōmaji e)

1. clothes, clothing

Not used in isolation. Only encountered in compounds.

• 衣 (え)紋 (もん) (emon): the collar of a kimono

⟨so₂⟩ → /so/

From Old Japanese. Ultimate derivation unknown.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [so̞]

衣 (hiragana そ, rōmaji so)

1. (obsolete) clothes, clothing

Only found in compounds.

衣 • (ui)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 의 (revised: ui, McCune–Reischauer: ŭi, Yale: uy)
  • Name (hangeul): 옷 의

1. clothes, clothing

Cognate with mainland Japanese 衣 (kinu).[1][2] Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as ちん.[3]

衣 (hiragana ちん, romaji chin)

1. kimono

衣 (y, ấy, e, ỵ)

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