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装

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adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack

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HSK 3.0
Level 2
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
12
Radical
衣 +6
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
裝
Common rank
#322
Unicode
U+88C5

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Formation & memory

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How 装 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

衣 meaning “clothes” + 壮 sound ( zhuàng )

Components 壮 衣

How to remember it

attire · Heisig RSH #402

衣 clothing + turtle + 士 soldier

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 装

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

WordPinyinMeaning
中山装 zhōng shān zhuāng Chinese tunic suit, a jacket style introduced by Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1] an…
分装机 fēn zhuāng jī racking machine; filling machine
装点门面 zhuāng diǎn mén miàn lit. to decorate the front of one's store (idiom); fig. to embellish (one's CV, etc); to k…
装门面 zhuāng mén miàn see 裝點門面|装点门面[zhuang1 dian3 men2 mian4]
武装分子 wǔ zhuāng fèn zǐ armed fighter; gunman
中装 zhōng zhuāng Chinese dress
平装本 píng zhuāng běn paperback (book)
自装 zì zhuāng self-loading (weapon, tape deck etc)
装好人 zhuāng hǎo rén to pretend to be nice
装机 zhuāng jī to install; installation
化装 huà zhuāng (of actors) to make up; to disguise oneself
装有 zhuāng yǒu fitted with
行装 xíng zhuāng clothes and other items packed for traveling; baggage; luggage
上装 shàng zhuāng upper garment
安装 ān zhuāng to install; to erect; to fix; to mount; installation
分装 fēn zhuāng to divide into portions; to package in smaller quantities; to separate into loads
西装 xī zhuāng suit; Western-style clothes; CL:套[tao4]
下装 xià zhuāng to take off costume and makeup; bottom garment (trousers etc)
平装 píng zhuāng paperback; paper-cover
装出 zhuāng chū to assume (an air of)