襁
qiǎng

swaddling clothes

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 强 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繦.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

强
强 Sound component
qiáng, qiǎng strong

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaŋʔ

說文解字

負兒衣。从衣强聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)