袴 (kù) · trousers (archaic/variant), variant of 裤

Meanings

1 trousers (archaic/variant)
2 variant of 裤

Characters

袴

kù

variant of 裤: trousers; pants

Examples

HSK 5

袴是「裤」的古体字，现代汉语中已很少使用。

Kù shì " kù " de gǔ tǐ zì, xiàndài Hànyǔ zhōng yǐ hěn shǎo shǐyòng.

袴 is an archaic form of 裤 (trousers) and is rarely used in modern Chinese.

Tips

usage

袴 is a variant character for 裤 (kù, trousers/pants). In modern usage it is essentially obsolete except in classical texts. You may also encounter it in Japanese (hakama, 袴) where it refers to traditional wide-legged trousers.

Components

radical

衤 yī

clothing (left-side form of 衣)

Left 衤 is the clothing radical - the side-form of 衣, with the gown's lower-half contracted into five strokes. Indexes 袴 in the garment family with 裤 trousers, 袖 sleeve, 衫 shirt. Marks the character as an article of clothing: loose-fitting trousers, older variant of 裤.

phonetic

夸 kuā

to boast; exaggerate

Right side 夸 supplies the sound with a tone shift: kuā → kù. Same phonetic powers 跨 stride, 垮 collapse, 挎 carry on the arm - all kuà/kuā characters. The wide-stride imagery of 跨 chimes with the wide-legged baggy 袴 of antiquity; pure phonetic role.