xiù
noun #13,973

Meanings

  1. 1 sleeve

Examples

HSK 2
Zhè jiàn yīfu de xiùzi tài cháng le.
The sleeves of this shirt are too long.
HSK 4
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
clothing (radical form of 衣)
Left clothing radical - the indexing radical in its 5-stroke side form (compare full standalone). Anchors in the garment family with (shirt), (trousers), (sock), (skirt). The sleeve is part of a garment, so this radical is the natural index.
phonetic
yóu
from; by; cause
Right side supplies the sound - yóu drifted to xiù through onset alternation, a shift visible in pairs like /. A useful mnemonic: things go out 'from' the body through the sleeve - is the tube clothing flows out by. Same phonetic appears in (chōu, pull out) and (zhòu).

Stroke Order

xiù