袖
xiù HSK6

sleeve

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

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

由
由 Sound component
yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzjuwHsə.[l]u-ssleeve
Zhengzhangljɯwɢs
Unicodeziòu

Sources

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