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裋

shù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 裋褐) coarse, short clothing worn by the poor; sackcloth

Examples

旧时贫苦劳工穿粗布裋褐。
Jiù shí pínkǔ láogōng chuān cūbù shùhè.
In old times poor laborers wore coarse short jackets.
他身着裋褐，不穿绫罗。
Tā shēn zhuó shùhè, bù chuān língluó.
He wore plain sackcloth, refusing fine silk and brocade.

Tips

usage
裋 is a bound, literary character, only in 裋褐: the rough short garment of poor working people in old times. It often signals poverty or a humble life in classical texts.

Components

radical
衤 yī
clothing
衤 is the clothing radical, the left-side form of 衣. It marks 裋 as a garment, here a poor person's coarse jacket.
phonetic
豆 dòu
bean; a ritual vessel
豆 supplies the sound, drifted from dòu to shù. It carries no meaning here, working only as the phonetic beside the clothing radical.

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Stroke Order

裋 shù