Chinese Character Wiki

襦

rú

short coat

Components
衤 meaning component

衤  Meaning component

yī

  

clothes

clothes

需 sound component

需  Sound component

xū

  

need

Evolution

襦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
襦 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
襦 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
襦 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
襦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

襦  

rú

short coat, jacket; fine silk fab; jacket; short coat

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*no

nyu

rú

jacket


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6714th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Unicode

U+8966

Shuowen

“襦，短衣也。从衣，需聲。一曰衣。”


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