裳

shang

used in 衣裳[yi1 shang5]

garment (衣) + sound (尚) = lower skirt or robe

衣 grounds the meaning in clothing — specifically the lower garment worn below the waist. 尚 is purely phonetic here, giving the sound; only the clothing radical carries the semantic weight.

尚+衣→裳
尚StillPhonetic
衣ClothingSemantic

她的衣裳很好看,颜色也很亮。

tā de yī shang hěn hǎo kàn,yán sè yě hěn liàng。

Her clothes look very nice, and the colors are bright too.

天气变冷了,你要多穿几件衣裳。

tiān qì biàn lěng le,nǐ yào duō chuān jǐ jiàn yī shang。

The weather has turned cold; you should wear a few more layers of clothing.

Words with 裳

衣裳

yī shang

(coll.) clothes

霓裳

ní cháng

nichang, rainbow colored clothes worn by the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1]

衣裳钩儿

yī shang gōu r

clothes hook

More characters with 尚

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