袜

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socks; stockings

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

衤 meaning “clothes” + 末 sound ( mò )

Components 衤末

socks · Heisig RSH #1677

cloak + 末 last

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
波士顿红袜	Bō shì dùn Hóng wà	Boston Red Sox (baseball) team
长统袜	cháng tǒng wà	stockings
大腿袜	dà tuǐ wà	thigh highs
袜子	wà zi	socks; stockings; CL:隻\|只[zhi1],對\|对[dui4],雙\|双[shuang1]
吊袜带	diào wà dài	suspenders (for stockings)
长袜	cháng wà	hose; stocking
连裤袜	lián kù wà	pantyhose; tights; CL:雙\|双[shuang1]
网袜	wǎng wà	fishnet stockings
袜带	wà dài	garter
长筒袜	cháng tǒng wà	stockings; thigh-highs; CL:雙\|双[shuang1]
泡泡袜	pào pao wà	loose socks; baggy socks
渔网袜	yú wǎng wà	fishnet stockings; fishnets
船袜	chuán wà	ankle socks; invisible socks
丝袜	sī wà	stockings; pantyhose
短袜	duǎn wà	sock
袜套	wà tào	leg warmers
鞋袜	xié wà	shoes and socks
裤袜	kù wà	pantyhose; tights
袜裤	wà kù	leggings; tights; CL:條\|条[tiao2],雙\|双[shuang1]

Characters sharing the sound component 末 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
末 sound part	mò	end, final, last; insignificant
抹	mǒ	to apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
沫	mò	bubbles, foam, froth, suds
茉	mò	white jasmine
秣	mò	fodder, horse feed; to feed a horse