Chinese Character Wiki

褰

qiān

underclothing

Components
宀 unknown component

宀  Unknown component

mián

  

roof

衣 meaning component

衣  Meaning component

yī, yì

  

clothes

clothes

Evolution

褰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
褰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

褰  

qiān

underclothing; to pick up one's skirts; to lift (clothes, sheets); lower garments

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʰra[n]

khjen

qiān

trousers; lift up (a garment)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5964th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+8930

Shuowen

“褰，絝也。从衣，寒省聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘徵褰與襦。’”


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