袴

See also 褲

Translingual

shinjitai	袴
simplified	裤
traditional	褲

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 衤 (“cloth”) + phonetic 夸 – a type of clothing.

Han character

袴 (radical 145 衣+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中大一尸 (LKMS))

1. pants
2. trousers
3. panties

References

• KangXi: page 1115, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34236
• Dae Jaweon: page 1581, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3088, character 7
• Unihan data for U+88B4

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Japanese

Hakama (1)

Wikipedia

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji

袴 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: こ (ko)
• Kun: はかま (hakama)

Noun

袴 (hiragana はかま, romaji hakama)

1. A type of traditional Japanese trousers.
2. (botany): A leaf sheath.
3. A holder for a heated bottle of saké.

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Korean

Hanja

袴 (hangeul 고, revised go, McCune-Reischauer ko, Yale ko)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

袴 (pinyin jié (jie2), kù (ku4), Wade-Giles chieh², k'u⁴)