吊裆裤
diào​dāng​kù

baggy pants

吊 diào to hang

Original meaning: silk streamers used for arrows

Variant of 弔. Depicts a person carrying silk streamers used for wrapping around arrows with. Based on the original meaning "silk streamers used for arrows", now written as 繳. The meaning later shifted to "to hang" and "to hang a person".

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts silk streamers used for wrapping around arrows with.

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

铞屌

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

屌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttewHtˤ[e]wk-sgrieved; condole
Zhengzhangtiːwɢs

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.639-640黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.838-839漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

裆 dāng crotch or seat of pants Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 当 represents the sound. Simplified form of 襠.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

当
当 Sound component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

裤 kù trousers Simplified

Simplified form of 褲. Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 庫 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

库
库 Sound component
kù armory

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

襠 crotch or seat of pants Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 當 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

當
當 Sound component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

褲 kù trousers Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 庫 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

庫
庫 Sound component
kù armory

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰʷaːs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang