裙 meaning and stroke order
Skirt, petticoat, apron
How to write 裙, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 裙
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) skirt
- old variant of 裙[qun2]
How 裙 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Clothes.
衤 gives the meaning and 君 hints at the sound.
Radical: 衤 (cloth), shared by 72 characters on this site.
How to remember 裙
裙 (qún) is clothing 衤 on the left plus 君 (jūn) on the right, which gives the sound. Picture a 君, a noble ruler, wearing a long flowing skirt.
裙 is a bound form, so it usually appears inside words like 裙子 (qúnzi, skirt), 围裙 (wéiqún, apron) and 连衣裙 (liányīqún, dress). Example: 她穿了一条红裙子。(Tā chuān le yì tiáo hóng qúnzi.) She wore a red skirt.
Common mistake: Learners often write the left side as 礻 (the spirit radical, with one dot) instead of 衤 (the clothing radical, with two dots). Also note the tone: 裙 is second tone qún, while its phonetic part 君 is first tone jūn.
Common words with 裙
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
裙 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 裙
How many strokes are in 裙?
裙 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 裙 mean?
裙 (qún) means skirt, petticoat, apron. A common word with it is 裙子 (qúnzi), meaning "skirt".
How do you pronounce 裙?
裙 is pronounced qún, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 裙?
The radical of 裙 is 衤, which carries the idea of "cloth". Dictionaries list 裙 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 裙?
The traditional form of 裙 is 帬 and 裠. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 裙 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 裙 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 裙 is part of the HSK 3 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What measure word is used with 裙子?
Use 条 (tiáo), as in 一条裙子 (yì tiáo qúnzi), one skirt. The same measure word works for 连衣裙.
Can I say 裙 by itself to mean skirt?
In everyday speech, no. Say 裙子 (qúnzi). 裙 alone shows up mainly in compounds or in short written forms like 短裙 (duǎnqún, short skirt) and 长裙 (chángqún, long skirt).