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skirt

Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingショウ

Kun readingも、もすそ

Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

skirtRtK

Radicals and components

Radical衣clothes 衤variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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outhouse · small (小) · little (小) · crown (冖) · mouth (口) · cloth (巾) · clothes · clothing · garment

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 863

Compound words

衣裳いしょう

裳階もこし

pent roof (below the true roof of a pagoda, etc.)

裳裾もすそ

cuff (of pants)

裳層もこし

pent roof (below the true roof of a pagoda, etc.)

裳脱けもぬけ

shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

花嫁衣裳はなよめいしょう

借り衣裳かりいしょう

borrowed clothes

裳脱けの殻もぬけのから

completely empty (of a residence, etc.)

裳抜けの殻もぬけのから

completely empty (of a residence, etc.)

馬子にも衣裳まごにもいしょう

anybody can look good with the right clothes

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 裳

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