Radical 145 or radical clothes (衣部) meaning "clothes" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes. The radical character transforms into when appearing at the left side of a Chinese character.

← 144 Radical 145 (U+2F90) 146 →
(U+8863) "clothes"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:
Wade–Giles:i1
Cantonese Yale:yi1
Jyutping:ji1, ji3
Japanese Kana:イ i / エ e (on'yomi)
ころも koromo (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:의 ui
Names
Chinese name(s):(Left) 衣字旁 yīzìpáng
(Bottom) 衣字底 yīzìdǐ
Japanese name(s):衣/ころも koromo
(Left) 衣偏/ころもへん koromohen
Hangul:옷 ot
Stroke order animation
Stroke order of the component form 衤

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 607 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 142nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with as its associated indexing component.

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0
+2 SC (=補)
+3 (=袘) SC (=襯)
+4 SC (=袞) (= -> -> ) SC (=襖) SC (=裊) SC (=褘)
+5 SC (=襪) (= -> / -> ) SC (=襲)
+6 SC (=襏) (=褲 / -> ) (=衽) SC (=裝) SC (=襠) SC (=褌)
+7 (=裙) (=裏) SC (=褳) SC (=襝) SC (=褲) SC (=襇)
+8 (=裴)
+9 (=袖) SC (=褸) (=襌)
+10 SC (=襤)
+11 褿 (=褒)
+12 (= -> ) SC (=襴)
+13
+14
+15
+16
+17
+18
+19

Sinogram

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As an independent sinogram it is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fourth grade kanji.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

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  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
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