裤兜
kù​dōu

pocket

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

兜 dōu pouch

Original meaning: helmet worn by warriors

Depicts a person with a face (皃) wearing a helmet. Based on the original meaning "helmet worn by warriors". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "pouch".

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a helmet.

皃
皃 Iconic component
mào face, countenance

Depicts a person (人) with a face.


Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

蔸篼

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

篼

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttuwtˤo helmet, hood

說文解字

《說文》：“兜，兜鍪，首鎧也。从，从皃省。皃，象人頭也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫林志強《《文源》評注》p.98
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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