Radical 145

衣
衣
衣 (U+8863) "clothes"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	yī
Bopomofo:	ㄧ
Wade–Giles:	i1
Cantonese Yale:	yi1
Jyutping:	ji1, ji3
Japanese Kana:	イ i / エ e (on'yomi); ころも koromo (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	의 ui
Names
Chinese name(s):	(Left) 衣字旁 yīzìpáng; (Bottom) 衣字底 yīzìdǐ
Japanese name(s):	衣/ころも koromo; (Left) 衣偏/ころもへん koromohen
Hangul:	옷 ot
Stroke order animation

Radical 145 or radical clothes (衣部) meaning "clothes" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes. The radical character transforms into 衤 when appearing at the left side of a Chinese character.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 607 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

衣 is also the 142nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 衤 as its associated indexing component.

Evolution

Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	衣衤
+2	初补^SC (=補)
+3	衦衧表衩衪 (=袘) 衫衬^SC (=襯)
+4	衭衮^SC (=袞) 衯衰衱衲衳衴衵衶衷衸衹衺 (=邪 -> 邑斜 -> 斗) 衻衼衽衾衿袀袁袂袃袄^SC (=襖) 袅^SC (=裊) 袆^SC (=褘) 袇
+5	袈袉袊袋袌袍袎袏袐袑袒袓袔袕袖袗袘袙袚袛袜^SC (=襪) 袝袞袟袠 (=帙 -> 巾 / 秩 -> 禾) 袡袢袣袤袥袦袧袨袩袪被袬袭^SC (=襲) 袮袰
+6	袯^SC (=襏) 袱袲袳袴 (=褲 / 胯 -> 肉) 袵 (=衽) 袶袷袸袹袺袻袼袽袾袿裀裁裂裃裄装^SC (=裝) 裆^SC (=襠) 裇裈^SC (=褌) 裉
+7	裊裋裌裍裎裏裐裑裒裓裔裕裖裗裘裙裚裛補裝裞裟裠 (=裙) 裡 (=裏) 裢^SC (=褳) 裣^SC (=襝) 裤^SC (=褲) 裥^SC (=襇)
+8	裧裨裩裪裫裬裭裮裯裰裱裲裳裴裵 (=裴) 裶裷裸裹裺裻裼製裾裿褀褁褂褃褄
+9	裦褅褆複褈褉褊褋褌褍褎褏 (=袖) 褐褑褒褓褔褕褖褗褘褙褚褛^SC (=褸) 褜褝 (=襌)
+10	褞褟褠褡褢褣褤褥褦褧褨褩褪褫褬褭褮褯褰褱褲褴^SC (=襤)
+11	褳褵褶褷褸褹褺褻褼褽褾褿襀襁襂襃 (=褒) 襄襅襔
+12	襆襇襈襉襊襋襌襍 (=雜 -> 隹) 襎襏襐襑襒襓襕^SC (=襴)
+13	襖襗襘襙襚襛襜襝襞襟襠襡襢
+14	襣襤襥襦襧襨
+15	襩襪襫襬襭襮
+16	襯襰襱襲
+17	囊襳襴襽
+18	襵襶襷
+19	襸襹襺襻襼

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram it is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.^[1] It is a fourth grade kanji.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.