衬
(of garments) against the skin; to line; lining; to contrast with; to assist financially
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Dict coverage rank #2,289 U+886C
How 衬 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
衤 (semantic, “clothes”) + 寸 (phonetic, cùn)
How to remember it
inner garments · Heisig RSH #407
glue + 衣 clothing
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 寸
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 寸 (cùn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寸 sound component | cùn | inch; small, tiny |
| 村 | cūn | village, hamlet; vulgar, uncouth |
| 寻 | xún | to seek; to search for, to look for; ancient |
| 纣 | zhòu | saddle strap, harness; an emperor |
| 忖 | cǔn | to guess, to ponder, to suppose |
| 酎 | zhòu | double-fermented wine, vintage wine |
Words containing 衬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无衬线 | wú chèn xiàn | (typography) sans serif |
| 衬里 | chèn lǐ | lining |
| 相衬 | xiāng chèn | to contrast; to set off one another; to go well with |
| 衬线 | chèn xiàn | serif (typography) |
| 反衬 | fǎn chèn | to serve as a foil; to highlight through contrast |
| 对衬 | duì chèn | to serve as foil to one another |
| 内衬 | nèi chèn | lining (of a container etc) (engineering) |
| 环衬 | huán chèn | endpaper |
| 衬衣 | chèn yī | shirt; CL:件[jian4] |
| 托衬 | tuō chèn | see 襯托|衬托[chen4 tuo1] |
| 衬托 | chèn tuō | to serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element |
| 女衬衫 | nǚ chèn shān | blouse |
| 衬裤 | chèn kù | underpants |
| 铺衬 | pū chèn | to serve as a contrasting element |
| 铺衬 | pū chen | patch of cloth |
| 衬垫 | chèn diàn | pad |
| 映衬 | yìng chèn | to set off by contrast; antithesis; analogy parallelism (linguistics) |
| 帮衬 | bāng chèn | to help; to assist financially |
| 衬页 | chèn yè | endpaper |
| 衬裙 | chèn qún | petticoat |