衣

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 衤 (when used as a left Radical)

Etymology

Pictogram (象形)

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

衣 (radical 145 衣+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹女 (YHV), four-corner 0073₂)

1. clothes, clothing, cover(s), outer layers
2. skin, (animal) hide, pelt, fur(s)

Descendants

• え

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/衣
• 初 依

Related characters

• 𧘇 展

See also

• 𠂢 乑

References

• KangXi: page 1111, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34091
• Dae Jaweon: page 1575, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3074, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8863

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		衣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī (yi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): yi
• Min Nan (POJ): i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: i¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹
    • Yale: yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /ji⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i
    • Tâi-lô: i
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i³⁴/
  • Note: literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (衣, reconstructed)
Character (衣), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 微 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 於希切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔɨi/	/ʔe̯i/	/ʔiəi/	/ʔɨi/	/ʔɨj/	/ĭəi/	/ʔiəi/
Character (衣), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 微 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 於旣切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔɨiH/	/ʔe̯iH/	/ʔiəiH/	/ʔɨiH/	/ʔɨjH/	/ĭəiH/	/ʔiəiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (衣, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
衣								yī								‹ ʔjɨj ›								/*ʔ(r)əj/								clothes
衣								yì								‹ ʔjɨjH ›								/*ʔ(r)əj-s/								wear (v.t.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
衣					14837					衣					微					1					依					/*qɯl/
衣					14841					衣					微					1										/*qɯls/

Noun

衣 (classifier 件)

1. clothes, garment

   衣服  ―  yīfú  ―  clothes

   內衣 / 内衣  ―  nèiyī  ―  underwear

   睡衣  ―  shuìyī  ―  night clothes, pajamas

   我情願節衣不願縮食。 [MSC, trad.]

   我情愿节衣不愿缩食。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ qíngyuàn jié yī bù yuàn suō shí. [Pinyin]

   I'd rather economize on clothes than food.

2. coating; covering; skin

   糖衣  ―  tángyī  ―  frosting ,icing ,sugarcoating

   槍衣 / 枪衣  ―  qiāngyī  ―  gun cover

Compounds

• 衣服

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³
• Min Nan (POJ): ui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: i⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³
    • Yale: yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui
    • Tâi-lô: ui
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui³⁴/
  • Note: vernacular.

Verb

衣

1. (literary) to dress, to wear, to put on clothes

   衣錦還鄉 / 衣锦还乡  ―  yījǐnháixiāng  ―  to return home in glory

References

• (Mandarin) "衣" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-04.
• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

衣

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: い (i), え (e)
• Kun: ころも (koromo), きる (kiru)
• Nanori: きぬ (kinu)

Compounds

• 狩衣 (かりきぬ, ​kariginu), (かりごろも, ​karigoromo)
• 浴衣 (ゆかた, ​yukata), (よくい, ​yokui)

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Korean

Hanja

衣 (ui)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 의 (revised: ui, McCune-Reischauer: ŭi, Yale: uy)

• Name (hangeul): 옷 의()

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Vietnamese

Han character

衣 (y, ấy, e, ỵ)

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