袖套 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xiùtào

oversleeves

xiù sleeve

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

Components

衤 Meaning component

yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

由 Sound component

yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Jin 266-420 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zjuwH	sə.[l]u-s	sleeve
Zhengzhang		ljɯwɢs
Unicode	ziòu

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

tào cover

A cover has to be big (大) and long (镸) enough to wrap around what it is covering.

Components

大 Meaning component

dà, dài big

镸 Meaning component

cháng long

镸 is a component form of 長.

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	tʰaːw
	tʰaːws

Sources

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