𲀭

raid

Original meaning: 

putting on extra clothing

Original form of . Depicts a coat () inside another coat (), symbolizing putting on extra layers of clothing. This character was later replaced with a phonosemantic compound form as early as the bronze scripts ( as phonetic and as semantic).

Components
衣 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

clothes

衣 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

clothes

Definitions

 

clothes, clothing; cover, skin

 

 

clothes; CL:[jiàn]; Kangxi radical 145

 

to dress; to wear; to put on (clothes)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*sə-l[ə]p

zip

repeat; additional robe

*sə.l[ə]p

zip

surprise attack


Miscellaneous

Strokes

12


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