襦
rú

short coat

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

clothes

需
需 Sound component
xū need

Character Evolution

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyunojacket
Zhengzhangnjo
Unicodenjio

說文解字

短衣也。从衣需聲。一曰㬮衣。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica