qiú

fur garments

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
衣 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

clothes

求 sound component

  Sound component

qiú

  

seek

Evolution

裘 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
裘 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
裘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

qiú

fur garments; surname; fur; fur coat

 

Qiú

surname Qiu

Most common words with 裘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

fur

集腋成裘

many a mickle makes a muckle

克绍箕裘

to follow in one's father's footsteps

肥马轻裘

fig. to live in luxury

貂裘换酒

lit. to trade a fur coat for wine (idiom)