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袖

Sleeve
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingシュウ
Kun readingそで
JōyōGrade 8Level 22

Meanings

  1. sleeveRtK
  2. wing (building)
  3. extension
  4. give cold shoulder
  1. wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
  2. flap (of a dust jacket)

Radicals and components

Radical衣clothes衤variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cloak · sprout · shoot

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1189

Compound words

長袖ながそで
long sleeves
半袖はんそで
short sleeves
領袖りょうしゅう
leader; chief; boss
袖口そでぐち
cuff
袖付そでつけ
attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt
平袖ひらそで
wide sleeve
両袖りょうそで
both sleeves
七分袖しちぶそで
three-quarter sleeves
振り袖ふりそで
long-sleeved kimono
袖付けそでつけ
attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt
片袖机かたそでづくえ
desk with a tier of drawers on one side
鎧袖一触がいしゅういっしょく
(beating someone) hands down
英和対訳袖珍辞書えいわたいやくしゅうちんじしょ
A Pocket Dictionary of the English and Japanese Language (1862)
袖すり合うも他生の縁そですりあうもたしょうのえん
a meeting by chance is preordained

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の袖をつかんだ。
He held her by the sleeve.tatoeba
彼の袖が油まみれのなべに触れた。
His sleeve touched the greasy pan.tatoeba
半袖のを見せてください。
Show me short-sleeved ones, please.tatoeba
男性たちは半袖のシャツを着ている。
The men are wearing short sleeves.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Sleeve. 衤 (clothing) + 由 (where it comes out) — the part of clothing the arm comes out of.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 袖

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step