裳 shang skirt
skirt; petticoat
How to remember 裳: 𫩠 esteem + 衣 clothes = skirt. The girl holds her grandma in high esteem and, out of all the clothes in the old trunk, chooses the pleated skirt and all.
Component breakdown
裳 = 𫩠 esteem + 衣 clothes
- 𫩠 esteem
- 衣 clothes
The girl holds her grandma in high esteem and, out of all the clothes in the old trunk, chooses the pleated skirt and all.
How it is used
- Toneless shang almost only in 衣裳 (yīshang), a colloquial word for 'clothes' (≈ 衣服, slightly more homey/spoken).
- In classical/poetic contexts it reads cháng (a lower garment/skirt), as in 霓裳 (nícháng), rainbow garments.