袖 — Chinese character
袖
xiù
sleeve
- Pinyin
- xiù
- Radical
- 145 ⾐ (Clothes)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 衤 由
- Formation
- pictophonetic — clothes; meaning component 衤; sound component 由
- Japanese
- 袖 as a kanji
Common words with 袖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领袖 (領袖) | lǐng xiù | leader |
| 袖子 | xiù zi | sleeve |
| 袖手旁观 (袖手旁觀) | xiù shǒu páng guān | to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger |
| 长袖 (長袖) | cháng xiù | long sleeves; long-sleeved shirt |
| 袖珍 | xiù zhēn | pocket-sized; pocket (book etc) |
| 短袖 | duǎn xiù | short sleeves; short-sleeved shirt |
| 袖口 | xiù kǒu | cuff |
| 精神领袖 (精神領袖) | jīng shén lǐng xiù | spiritual leader (of a nation or church); religious leader |
| 衣袖 | yī xiù | the sleeve of a garment |
| 两袖清风 (兩袖清風) | liǎng xiù qīng fēng | lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands; uncorrupted |
| 袖标 (袖標) | xiù biāo | armband; sleeve badge |
| 袖章 | xiù zhāng | armband (e.g. as part of uniform or to show status) |
English words written with 袖
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.