shang, cháng
clothes
Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound. Originally used interchangeably with 常.
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 裳
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
clothes | ||
skirts | ||
Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲[Níchángyǔyīqū] or 霓裳羽衣舞[Níchángyǔyīwǔ] |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*daŋ | dzyang | cháng | lower garment |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2861st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+88F3 |
Shuowen | “常，下帬也。从巾，尚聲。裳，常或从衣。” |
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