襤
lán

ragged

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

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

監
監 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːm

說文解字

裯謂之襤褸。襤，無緣也。从衣監聲。

Sources

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

褴 lán ragged Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 襤.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

监
监 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode