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Chinese symbol for “covering”

衣子
yī zǐ
covering

The closest CC-CEDICT match for covering is 衣子 (yī zǐ), defined as: covering.

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Characters and stroke order

衣 yī
cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
radical 145 ⾐ · 6 strokes
子 zǐ
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “covering”

WordPinyinMeaning
蒙皮méng pískin; covering
包层 (包層)bāo céngcladding; covering (on a fiber)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 衣子.

WordPinyinMeaning
衣服yī fuclothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào)
内衣 (內衣)nèi yīundergarment; underwear
上衣shàng yījacket; upper outer garment
衣物yī wùclothing; clothing and other personal items
睡衣shuì yīnight clothes; pajamas
洗衣机 (洗衣機)xǐ yī jīwashing machine; washer; 台 (tái)
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison

See also: Japanese symbol for “covering”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.