衫 (shān) — (bound form) shirt; unlined upper garment
Definition
衫 is a bound morpheme meaning 'shirt' or 'unlined upper garment', always paired with a preceding character (e.g. 衬衫, 汗衫, 棉毛衫). It never stands alone.
bound form
shirtunlined upper garment
Examples
- 。Wǒ zuó tiān mǎi le yí jiàn xīn chèn shān.I bought a new shirt yesterday.
- ，。Xià tiān hěn rè, hěn duō rén dōu chuān duǎn xiù hàn shān.Summer is hot, many people wear short-sleeved T-shirts.
- 衫。Tā chuān zhuó yí jiàn bái sè mián máo shān.He is wearing a white cotton jersey.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
Sound part声符shēngfú
彡
彡shān衫shān
Same sound today
衫 uses 衣 to show it is a garment and 彡 to give the sound.
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