袖 xiù sleeve
怎么记住“袖”: 衤 clothes + 由 because = sleeve. The boy wipes his nose on his school clothes, and because Mum is watching he quickly hides the wet sleeve.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
袖 = 衤 clothes + 由 because
- 衤 clothes meaning
- 由 because sound
The boy wipes his nose on his school clothes, and because Mum is watching he quickly hides the wet sleeve.
How it came to be
The clothes give the meaning and the sign for because gives the sound.
用法
- A sleeve: 袖子 (xiùzi) sleeve, 长袖/短袖 long/short sleeves, 袖口 the cuff.
- 袖手旁观 (xiùshǒu-pángguān) = to look on with folded arms / stand idly by.
- 领袖 (lǐngxiù) = a leader (lit. 'collar and sleeves,' the parts that lead a garment).
- 袖珍 (xiùzhēn) = pocket-sized/miniature (袖珍词典 a pocket dictionary).