衣
yī
#724 most
frequent character
clothes, Kangxi radical 145
Measure words:件 jiàn
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
衣 draws a top, so it first meant a garment for the upper body. The sense then widened to clothing in general, and further to any outer cover, such as fruit skin or a book cover. On the left of other characters it is written 衤.
Drawn as: upper-body garment
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