裳 shang — skirt, lower garment · English

裳

shang

skirt, lower garment

At a glance · 裳

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Evolution of the glyph

Five stages, from a sketch of the real object to regular script — tap a stage, drag the timeline, or play the animation.

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seen
Oracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCE
Seal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCE
Clerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CE
Regular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seenOracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCESeal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCEClerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CERegular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

⚠ Some ancient forms are not attested：oracle bone form。No excavated oracle bone / seal artifact is attested for this character yet; we leave it blank rather than fabricate.

裳字小篆从衣尚声，为形声字；本义为下衣、裙。甲骨文未见。

What the sketch shows

Origins & notes

裳本义为下身穿的裙裳。

Structure

形声字，上部『衣』为意符表衣物，下部『尚』为声符。

At a glance

Pinyinshang

Radical衣

Strokes14

UnicodeU+88F3

Character type形声

Theme器物

Six languages, one character

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English skirt, lower garment Shang is a phonetic-semantic character meaning the lower garment or skirt.

Français jupe, vêtement bas Shang est un caractère phonético-sémantique signifiant le vêtement inférieur ou la jupe.

Español falda, prenda baja Shang es un carácter fonosemántico que significa la prenda inferior o la falda.

العربية تنورة شانغ حرف صوتي دلالي يعني الثوب السفلي أو التنورة.

Русский юбка, нижняя одежда Шан — фоносемантический знак, означающий нижнюю одежду или юбку.

Common words

衣裳yī shangclothes

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