qiān

underclothing

Components

Unknown component
mián roof
Meaning component
clothes

clothes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjenkʰra[n]trousers; lift up (a garment)
Zhengzhangkʰran
Unicodekyɛn

說文解字

絝也。从衣,寒省聲。《春秋傳》曰:“徵褰與襦。”

Sources

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