Chinese Character Wiki
衬

chèn

inner garment

Simplified form of 襯. Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 親 represents the sound.

Components
衤 meaning component

衤  Meaning component

yī

  

clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

寸 simplified component

寸  Simplified component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Shorthand for the 親 component in the traditional character 襯.

Evolution

衬 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
衬 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

衬 (襯) 

chèn

underwear; inner garments; (of garments) against the skin; to line; lining; to contrast with; to assist financially

Most common words with 衬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

衬衫

shirt

衬衣

shirt

衬

to line

衬托

to set off

映衬

antithesis

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 14.0477% of movies

1751st most common character in movies

2502nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

襯

Unicode

U+886C


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