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褲 meaning and stroke order

kù

Pants, trousers

15 strokesRadical 衤Simplified 裤
Strokes15
Pinyinkù
ToneTone 4
Frequency#3,196
Printable worksheet

How to write 褲, stroke by stroke

15 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 褲

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

kùfourth tone (falling)
  1. underpants
  2. trousers
  3. pants

How 褲 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Clothes.

yīcloth+kùarmory

衤 gives the meaning and 庫 hints at the sound.

Radical: 衤 (cloth), shared by 72 characters on this site.

How to remember 褲

褲 (kù) is clothing 衤 plus 庫 (kù, storehouse), which gives the sound. Picture your pants as a little storehouse for your legs.

褲 rarely stands alone. It usually appears in words like 裤子 (kùzi), 短裤 (duǎnkù) and 牛仔裤 (niúzǎikù). Example: 我买了一条新裤子。(Wǒ mǎi le yì tiáo xīn kùzi.) I bought a new pair of pants.

Common mistake: Learners often write the left side as 礻 (the spirit radical, one dot) instead of 衤 (the clothing radical, two dots). Another trap is the measure word: pants take 条 (tiáo), not 个 (gè) or 双 (shuāng).

Common words with 褲

Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.

WordPinyinMeaningLevel
褲子kùzitrousers; pantsHSK 3
短褲duǎnkùshort pants; shortsHSK 3
牛仔褲niúzǎikùjeansHSK 5
內褲nèikùunderpants; panties
尿褲子niàokùzito wet one's pants
褲襠kùdāngcrotch of trousers
內衣褲nèiyīkùunderwear
丁字褲dīngzìkùthong (underwear)
泳褲yǒngkùswim trunks
長褲chángkùtrousers
底褲dǐkù(coll.) underpants

Questions about 褲

How many strokes are in 褲?

褲 is written with 15 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 褲 mean?

褲 (kù) means pants, trousers. A common word with it is 裤子 (kùzi), meaning "trousers; pants".

How do you pronounce 褲?

褲 is pronounced kù, in the fourth tone (falling).

What is the radical of 褲?

The radical of 褲 is 衤, which carries the idea of "cloth". Dictionaries list 褲 under this radical.

What is the simplified form of 褲?

褲 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 裤, used in mainland China and Singapore.

What is the difference between 褲 and 裤?

They are the same character. 褲 is the traditional form used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and 裤 is the simplified form used in mainland China, where the 車 inside 庫 becomes 车.

Does 裤子 mean underwear or trousers?

In mainland Chinese, 裤子 (kùzi) normally means outer trousers. For underpants, say 内裤 (nèikù), and for underwear in general, 内衣裤 (nèiyīkù).