漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
袖: sleeve, wing (building)
Also: extension, give cold shoulder
N1 (our estimate)10 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
衤 carries the meaning · 由 is drawn in
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シュウshuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 領袖りょうしゅうleader; chief; boss
そでsode · kun'yomi · on its own
- 袖そでsleeve
- 長袖ながそでlong sleeves
- 半袖はんそでshort sleeves
- 小袖こそでshort sleeved kimono (worn as an…
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Clothes (衤) + go through/pass (由). The specific part of the "clothes" that the arm "passes through" to reach the outside world—a sleeve.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
由
Also built on wherefore (由)
14 in allEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side袖 sleeve · 衤
vs柚 citron · 木In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiù
Same form: 袖 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 袖 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 袖 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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