Chinese Character Wiki
衣

yī, yì

clothes

Pictograph of a shirt or coat.

Evolution

衣 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
衣 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
衣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

衣  

yī

clothes, clothing; cover, skin; clothes; CL:件[jiàn]; Kangxi radical 145

衣  

yì

to dress; to wear; to put on (clothes)

Most common words with 衣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

衣服

clothes

衣

clothes

内衣

undergarment

毛衣

(wool) sweater

大衣

overcoat

Component uses

Meaning component in 31 characters (12 verified)

裏 製 表 装 裝 雜 袋 裳 衮 袞 褱 𧝑 裁 裂 衷 裹 裘 裴 亵 褻 袅 裊 褒 袤 裟 袈 衾 褰 襞 裒 扆

Sound component in 7 characters (2 verified)

依 哀 袭 襲 裔 铱 扆

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

劳 勞 衰 袁 卒

Remnant component in 3 characters (3 verified)

劳 勞 奮

Unknown component in 1 character (1 verified)

奮

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔ(r)əj

'j+j

yī

clothes

*ʔ(r)əj-s

'j+jH

yì

wear (v.t.)


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 70.0785% of movies

458th most common character in movies

725th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+8863

Shuowen

“衣，依也。上曰衣，下曰裳。象覆二人之形。”


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