褛
lǚ

lapel

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 娄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 褸.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

娄
娄 Sound component
lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

褸 lapel Traditional

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

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

婁
婁 Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroː
roʔ

說文解字

衽也。从衣婁聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)