襖
ǎo

outer garments

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

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

奥
奥 Sound component
aò, ào, yù mysterious

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangquːʔ
quːʔ

說文解字

𧚍屬。从衣奥聲。

Sources

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

袄 ǎo outer garments Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 夭 represents the sound. Simplified form of 襖.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

夭
夭 Sound component
yāo, wò, wāi die young

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode