袖
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sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 衣 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 袖
- Common rank
- #1,825
- Unicode
- U+8896
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
sleeve · Heisig RSH #2170
cloak + sprout
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 袖
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 两袖清风 | lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands; uncorrupted; unsoiled… | |
| 清风两袖 | honest and upright (idiom) | |
| 精神领袖 | spiritual leader (of a nation or church); religious leader | |
| 意见领袖 | opinion leader | |
| 长袖善舞 | long sleeves help one dance beautifully (idiom); money and power will help you in any occu… | |
| 袖子 | sleeve | |
| 水袖 | flowing sleeves (part of theatrical costume) | |
| 袖手旁观 | to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger | |
| 长袖 | long sleeves; long-sleeved shirt | |
| 袖口 | cuff | |
| 袖管 | sleeve | |
| 袖珍人 | little person; midget; dwarf | |
| 袖标 | armband; sleeve badge | |
| 袖珍音响 | pocket stereo; walkman | |
| 衣袖 | the sleeve of a garment | |
| 袖珍本 | pocket book; paperback | |
| 断袖 | homosexual; see 斷袖之癖|断袖之癖[duan4 xiu4 zhi1 pi3] | |
| 袖筒儿 | erhua variant of 袖筒[xiu4 tong3] | |
| 短袖 | short sleeves; short-sleeved shirt | |
| 领袖 | leader |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 由 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 由 sound part | cause, reason; from | |
| 油 | oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints | |
| 抽 | to draw out, to pull out; to sprout | |
| 轴 | axle, pivot, shaft; axis | |
| 邮 | mail; post office | |
| 宙 | space, time, space-time | |
| 鼬 | weasel, mustela itatis | |
| 铀 | uranium | |
| 釉 | enamel, glaze | |
| 岫 | mountain peak; cave, cavern | |
| 柚 | grapefruit, pomelo | |
| 蚰 | millipede | |
| 妯 | sister-in law | |
| 舳 | the stern of a ship |