衬 — Chinese character
衬
chèn
underwear, lining; in contrast
- Pinyin
- chèn
- Radical
- 145 ⾐ (Clothes)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 衤 寸
- Formation
- pictophonetic — clothes; meaning component 衤; sound component 寸
- Traditional
- 襯
Common words with 衬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衬衫 (襯衫) | chèn shān | shirt; blouse |
| 衬衣 (襯衣) | chèn yī | shirt; measure word: 件 (jiàn) |
| 衬托 (襯托) | chèn tuō | to serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element |
| 陪衬 (陪襯) | péi chèn | to serve as a foil; to set off; a foil; a contrast |
| 映衬 (映襯) | yìng chèn | to set off by contrast; antithesis |
| 反衬 (反襯) | fǎn chèn | to serve as a foil; to highlight through contrast |
| 内衬 (內襯) | nèi chèn | lining (of a container etc) (engineering) |
| 衬里 (襯裡) | chèn lǐ | lining |
| 衬垫 (襯墊) | chèn diàn | pad |
| 衬裙 (襯裙) | chèn qún | petticoat |
| 相衬 (相襯) | xiāng chèn | to contrast; to set off one another |
| 帮衬 (幫襯) | bāng chèn | to help; to assist financially |
English words written with 衬
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.