裁
cái HSK5

cut out

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approved by cochleoid · Oct 30, 2025, 12:48 PM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Oct 30, 2025, 12:48 PM

𢦏 seems like a meaning component but no source I can find thinks so. Fixed the unverified component decomposition.

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To cut 戈 cloth 衣

Components

𢦏
𢦏 Sound component
衣
衣 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzoj[dz]ˤə cut out clothes

說文解字

《說文》：“裁，制衣也。从衣，聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)