袄 (ǎo): lined jacket; padded coat

Meanings

天冷了，出门穿上棉袄。

Tiān lěng le, chūmén chuān shàng mián'ǎo.

It's getting cold, put on a padded jacket before you go out.

奶奶给我做了一件新棉袄。

Nǎinai gěi wǒ zuò le yíjiàn xīn mián'ǎo.

Grandma sewed me a brand-new cotton-padded jacket.

usage

袄 is a lined or padded upper garment for warmth. Most often seen in 棉袄 (cotton-padded jacket) and 皮袄 (fur-lined coat).

radical

衤 yīzìpáng

clothing (radical form)

Left-side clothing radical, the side form of 衣 (garment). It places 袄 in the family of clothes words alongside 裤 and 袖.

phonetic

夭 yāo

to die young (here phonetic)

Right side 夭 is purely the phonetic element; the sound has drifted from yāo to ǎo over time, so treat it as a sound hint rather than an exact match.

袄 ǎo