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袖

xiù
noun #13,973

Meanings

  1. 1 sleeve

Examples

这件衣服的袖子太长了。
Zhè jiàn yīfu de xiùzi tài cháng le.
The sleeves of this shirt are too long.
他卷起袖子开始干活。
Tā juǎnqǐ xiùzi kāishǐ gànhuó.
He rolled up his sleeves and started working.

Tips

usage
袖子 (sleeve), 长袖 (long sleeve), 短袖 (short sleeve), 袖珍 (pocket-sized).

Components

radical
衤 yī
clothing (radical form of 衣)
Left clothing radical — the indexing radical in its 5-stroke side form (compare full 衣 standalone). Anchors 袖 in the garment family with 衫 (shirt), 裤 (trousers), 袜 (sock), 裙 (skirt). The sleeve is part of a garment, so this radical is the natural index.
phonetic
由 yóu
from; by; cause
Right side 由 supplies the sound — yóu drifted to xiù through onset alternation, a shift visible in pairs like 油/釉. A useful mnemonic: things go out 'from' the body through the sleeve — 袖 is the tube clothing flows out by. Same phonetic appears in 抽 (chōu, pull out) and 宙 (zhòu).

Stroke Order

袖 xiù