裙撑
qún​chēng

underskirt

裙 qún skirt

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

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

君
君 Sound component
jūn ruler

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjun[g]u[r] skirt

說文解字

《說文》：“帬，下裳也。帬或从衣。”

Sources

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

撑 chēng, cheng prop up Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 掌 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撐.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

掌
掌 Sound component
zhǎng, zhang palm of hand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

撐 chēng, cheng prop up Traditional

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

牚
牚 Sound component
chēng, chèng

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrtʰaːŋ
Unicodetjæ̌ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang