襯
chèn

inner garment

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

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

親
親 Sound component
qīn, qin relatives

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰrins
Unicodetsìn

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

衬 chèn inner garment Simplified

Simplified form of 襯. Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 親 represents the sound.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

寸
寸 Simplified component
cùn, cun (hand), inch

Shorthand for the 親 component in the traditional character 襯.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode