裀
yīn

underclothing

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 因 represents the sound. Originally written as 因, a pictograph of clothing surrounding a person.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes
因
因 SoundIconic component
yīn cause

Originally a pictograph of clothing around a person.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqin

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica