衬 chèn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 衤 — cloth
- Made of
- 衤 cloth 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
衬衣
chènyī
shirt
Characters in this word
衣 yī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 衬衣洗好了。 Chènyī xǐ hǎo le. The shirt is washed.
- 我穿新衬衣。 Wǒ chuān xīn chènyī. I wear a new shirt.
- 这件衬衣贵。 Zhè jiàn chènyī guì. This shirt is expensive.