衣 — kanji meaning “garment”
衣
garment, clothes, dressing
- Meanings
- garment, clothes, dressing
- On'yomi
- イ (i)、エ (e)
- Kun'yomi
- ころも、きぬ、-ぎ
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1214 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 145
- Chinese reading
- yī, yì — Chinese character page
Words with 衣
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衣装 | いしょう ishou | clothing; costume; outfit |
| 浴衣 | ゆかた yukata | yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe |
| 衣服 | いふく ifuku | clothes |
| 衣料 | いりょう iryou | clothing |
| 衣類 | いるい irui | clothes; clothing; garments |
| 白衣 | はくい hakui | white clothes; white robe |
| 衣食住 | いしょくじゅう ishokujuu | food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life |
| 羽衣 | はごろも hagoromo | angel's raiment; robe of feathers |
| 脱衣 | だつい datsui | undressing; taking off one's clothes; stripping |
| 着衣 | ちゃくい chakui | clothes (that one is wearing) |
| 衣替え | ころもがえ koromogae | seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season |
| 黒衣 | こくい kokui | black clothes |
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