脐装
qí​zhuāng

crop top

脐 qí abdominal area of crab Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 齐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 臍.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

齐
齐 Sound component
qí even

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

装 zhuāng dress Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 壮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 裝.

Components

壮
壮 Sound component
zhuàng big, strong
衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes

Sources

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

臍 abdominal area of crab Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.

Components

月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon
齊
齊 Sound component
qí even, uniform

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzej[dz]ˤ[ə]jnavel
Zhengzhangzliːl
Unicodedzhei

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

裝 zhuāng dress Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 壯 represents the sound.

Components

壯
壯 Sound component
zhuàng big, strong
衣
衣 Meaning component
yī clothes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsraŋ
ʔsraŋs
Unicodejriɑng

說文解字

《說文》：“裝，裹也。从衣，壯聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)