衬

衬 · chèn

underwear; inner garments

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

underwear; inner garments

Mandarin
chèn
Cantonese
can3

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+886C
Radical
衣 · 145
Strokes
8 · Unihan
Residual
3

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

8 strokes
衬
Strokes
8
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

8 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰衤寸(G)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 衬

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

襯

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
chèn
kCantonese
can3
kDefinition
underwear; inner garments
kTotalStrokes
8
kRSUnicode
145.3
kTraditionalVariant
U+896F
kTGH
2013:1292

Readings across dictionaries

Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
chèn 0133.090
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

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Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
24dictionary records using 衬0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
衤 beside 寸 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿰衤寸$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰衤寸$(G)

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