qún
noun #6,016

Measure Word

一条裙子 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 skirt
  2. 2 skirt-like garment

Examples

Tā chuān le yìtiáo hóng qúnzi.
She wore a red skirt.
Zhè tiáo liányīqún hěn hǎokàn.
This dress is very pretty.
Xiàtiān chuān duǎnqún hěn liángkuai.
Wearing a short skirt in summer is cool.

Tips

usage
usually appears as 裙子 (skirt). Related words: 连衣裙 (dress), 短裙 (miniskirt), 长裙 (long skirt), 半身裙 (half-length skirt).

Components

radical
clothing (radical form of 衣)
Clothing radical on the left is the side-form of (which itself pictures a robe with two flaring sleeves). It indexes in the garment family with trousers, shirt, sleeve, pocket. Without it, the right side would just be a ruler — the cloth radical confirms a wearable item.
phonetic
jūn
lord; ruler
Right is 'lord, ruler', supplying the sound — jūn drifting to qún with regular j/q alternation. Same phonetic in flock and prefecture. Clothing + ruler historically meant the formal wraparound skirt worn by both noblemen and noblewomen in early China; the modern sense narrowed to women's skirts.

Stroke Order

qún