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Chinese symbol for “overcoat”

大衣
dà yī
overcoat; topcoat; cloak; measure word: 件 (jiàn)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for overcoat is 大衣 (dà yī), defined as: overcoat; topcoat; cloak; measure word: 件 (jiàn).

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Characters and stroke order

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
衣 yī
cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
radical 145 ⾐ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “overcoat”

WordPinyinMeaning
防寒服fáng hán fúovercoat; down jacket
大氅dà chǎngovercoat; cloak
氅chǎngovercoat

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大衣.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
衣服yī fuclothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào)
内衣 (內衣)nèi yīundergarment; underwear

See also: Japanese symbol for “overcoat”.

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.