裤 meaning and stroke order
Pants, trousers
How to write 裤, 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 裤
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- underpants
- trousers
- pants
- variant of 褲|裤[ku4]
How 裤 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Clothes.
衤 gives the meaning and 库 hints at the sound.
Radical: 衤 (cloth), shared by 72 characters on this site.
How to remember 裤
The clothing radical 衤 sits next to 库 (kù), which means storehouse and also gives the sound. Think of pants as a storehouse for your legs, a piece of clothing 衤 that stores 库 them.
裤 is rarely used alone in speech. It usually appears in words like 裤子 (kùzi) for trousers, 短裤 (duǎnkù) for shorts and 牛仔裤 (niúzǎikù) for jeans. Example: 这条裤子太长了。 (Zhè tiáo kùzi tài cháng le.) These pants are too long.
Common mistake: Learners often write the left side as 礻 (the spirit radical, one dot) instead of 衤 (the clothing radical, two dots at the bottom). Remember that clothing 衤 has the extra stroke, as in 衣 (yī).
Common words with 裤
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
裤 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 裤
How many strokes are in 裤?
裤 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 裤 mean?
裤 (kù) means pants, trousers. A common word with it is 裤子 (kùzi), meaning "trousers; pants".
How do you pronounce 裤?
裤 is pronounced kù, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 裤?
The radical of 裤 is 衤, which carries the idea of "cloth". Dictionaries list 裤 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 裤?
The traditional form of 裤 is 袴 and 褲. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 裤 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 裤 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 裤 is part of the HSK 3 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What measure word do you use with 裤子?
Use 条 (tiáo), the measure word for long, narrow things. For example, 一条裤子 (yì tiáo kùzi) means one pair of pants.
Does 裤 mean pants in the British or American sense?
Mostly the American sense, meaning trousers, as in 裤子. Underwear has its own word, 内裤 (nèikù), so add 内 when you mean underpants.