懂中文 Dong Chinese

裳

shang, cháng

clothes

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound. Originally used interchangeably with 常.

Components
衣 meaning component

衣  Meaning component

yī, yì

  

clothes

尚 sound component

尚  Sound component

shàng

  

esteem

Evolution

裳 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
裳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
裳 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
裳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

裳  

shang

clothes; skirt; beautiful

裳  

cháng

lower garment; skirts; petticoats; garments

Most common words with 裳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

衣裳

clothes

裳

skirts

霓裳

Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲[Ní​cháng​yǔ​yī​qū] or 霓裳羽衣舞[Ní​cháng​yǔ​yī​wǔ]