褰

褰 · qiān

underclothing; to pick up one's skirts

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qiān
Cantonese
hin1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

underclothing; to pick up one's skirts

Dictionary definitions & readings

褰 qiān · to lift (clothes, sheets); lower garments

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53106.100:qiān Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0907.020:qiān Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
296.050:qiān Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qiān粵hin1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケン コン あげる かかげる たたむ はかま Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
건:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
去乾 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
JTCV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
3073.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1122.320 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
142.40 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0143g Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8930
Radical
衣 · 145
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6182

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
褰
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
khjen · 去乾 · 山開三平仙溪 · #637

PHONO-ML, source line 5107; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1219.101
kDaeJaweon
1590.230
kGSR
0143g
kHanYu
53106.100
kIRGDaeJaweon
1590.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53106.100
kIRGKangXi
1122.320
kKangXi
1122.320
kMatthews
891
kMeyerWempe
717e
kMorohashi
34513
kSBGY
142.40
kSMSZD2003Index
633.09 172.12
kCangjie
JTCV
kFourCornerCode
3073.2
kMojiJoho
MJ024101
kPhonetic
501
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-653D
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EB72
kIRG_JSource
J13-7B74
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7433
kIRG_KSource
K1-5825
kIRG_TSource
T2-5A40
kRSUnicode
145.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EB72
kCCCII
232F47
kCNS1986
2-5A40
kCNS1992
2-5A40
kEACC
232F47
kGB0
6929
kGB1
6929
kJIS0213
1,91,84
kJis1
6068
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5973
kTGH
2013:6182
kTaiwanTelegraph
5973
kXerox
276:250
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15129+40.3.13 C+15129+145.6.10
kCantonese
hin1
kDefinition
underclothing; to pick up one's skirts
kFanqie
去乾
kHangul
건:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53106.100:qiān
kJapanese
ケン コン あげる かかげる たたむ はかま
kJapaneseKun
HAKAMA
kJapaneseOn
KEN KON
kKorean
KEN
kMandarin
qiān
kSMSZD2003Readings
qiān粵hin1
kTGHZ2013
296.050:qiān
kTang
kyɛn
kXHC1983
0907.020:qiān

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 褰0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𡨄 above 衣 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱𡨄衣$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𡨄衣$(GHTJKP)

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