衣 · yī

clothing

Radical pronunciation

Radical summary

#145

Kangxi

6

Strokes

#37

Frequency

Visual hint

A clothing shape; on the left it often becomes 衤.

Often relates to clothes, garments, or wearing.

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Trace the radical, simplified, traditional, and variant forms when available.

衣衤

3 examples

衣

yī

clothing

HSK 2

被

bèi

quilt; passive marker

HSK 2

裤

kù

pants

HSK 3

The radical 衣 has the variant 衤, which can be confused with 礻 but has an extra stroke.

衤 is clothing with an extra small fold on the side.

礻: 衤 relates to clothing and has an extra small stroke; 礻 relates to ritual or spirits.
衣: 衤 is the left-side variant of 衣 in compound characters.

What is the radical in the character 裤?