衬
chèn HSK3

inner garment

Simplified form of 襯. Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 親 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

寸
寸 Simplified component
cùn, cun (hand), inch

Shorthand for the 親 component in the traditional character 襯.

Sources

Readings & variants
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襯 chèn inner garment Traditional

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

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

親
親 Sound component
qīn, qin relatives

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰrins
Unicodetsìn

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang