裳 (shang/cháng) — (cháng) a lower garment, a skirt — (shang, in 衣裳) clothing

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TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字

裳 character · B2 (est.)

裳＝尚＋衣

˙ㄕㄤ · shang/cháng

noun — (cháng) a lower garment, a skirt — (shang, in 衣裳) clothing

字源 FORM — what the parts do

尚聲shàng — gives the sound小 over 向 — still, esteemed; here for the reading

Tshàng → cháng/shang — the tone shifts

衣義clothingthe 衣 radical at the foot — a garment

A garment (衣) at the foot, with 尚 shàng up top for the sound, drifting to cháng. The old word names the lower garment, the skirt worn below the waist. In everyday 衣裳, paired with 衣, it reads the light shang and means clothing in general.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

下身（衣）的一條裙子，垂到腳邊——那是裳。

A skirt (衣) for the lower body, hanging down to the feet — that is 裳.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

cháng

(本義)下裙、裳— a lower garment, a skirt

shang

→衣裳— clothing, clothes常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension