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衣

Clothes
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingイ
Kun readingころも

Meanings

  1. clothes
    彼は週末旅行に間に合う程度の衣類を持っていった。He took adequate clothes for a weekend trip.tatoeba
    飲食・衣服・臥具・湯薬Food, drinks, clothes, bedclothes, hot water and medicine.wiki
  2. garmentRtK
  3. dressing
  1. gown
  2. robe
  3. coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

Popular Usage

衣服衣食住衣装衣料衣類

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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top hat (亠) · scarf (冂) · cloth (巾) · clothes · clothing

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 423

Compound words

その未亡人は黒衣をまとっていた。こくい
The widow was dressed in black.tatoeba
衣ばかりで和尚はできぬ。ころも
The robes do not make the monk.tatoeba
彼は粗衣をまとっていた。
He is content with the simple life.tatoeba
彼は使い古された上衣を着ていた。
He was dressed in an old coat that had seen better days.tatoeba
彼は家族に衣食を与えた。
He provided food and clothes for his family.tatoeba
願名…衣服随念の願
Title: Ebukuzuinen no ganwiki
給与は無く、衣食住が保障されたのみであった。
There was no salary paid, and only food, clothing, and shelter were secured.wiki
紋付に合わせる衣装
Costume Coordinated with the Montsukiwiki
1の衣装に使われる文様。
It also refers to a pattern used in costumes for the Seigaiha program.wiki
下半身の衣料はズボンと同じ形式である
The bottom part was shaped like trousers.wiki
1945年に衣料切符制度がとられた。
In 1945, the ration ticket system of clothes was established.wiki
国家から給料として衣類を提供されていた。
They were provided with clothing from the government as their stipend.wiki
火棚を組み、衣類・食料・生木などの乾燥に用いた。
Hidana (a frame suspended over an irori [hearth]) was built and used for drying clothes, food, and natural wood pieces.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

自分は夏に、浴衣の下に赤い毛糸のセーターを着て廊下を歩き、家中の者を笑わせました
じぶんはなつに、ゆかたのしたにあかいけいとのせーたーをきてろうかをあるき、いえじゅうのものをわらわせましたOne summer, I wore a red wool sweater under my yukata and walked down the hallway, making everyone in the house laugh.
カツの肉が分厚くて衣は薄くてサクサク
かつのにくがぶあつくてころもはうすくてさくさくThe pork cutlet meat is thick and the breading is thin and crispy.
いや、それは、自分が衣食住に困らない家に育ったという意味ではなく、
いや、それは、じぶんがいしょくじゅうにこまらないいえにそだったといういみではなく、No, that doesn't mean I grew up in a home where I didn't have to worry about food, clothing, and shelter,

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Clothing. A kimono: the collar and the wrapped front.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 衣

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