袖 (zau6 | xiu4) : sleeve

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袖

zau6

xiu4

[1] sleeve; cuff
[2] tuck inside the sleeve

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: (#145)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

袖

This word has been viewed 6892 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Oct 2010 05:40

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手袖 sau2 zau6 = sleeves

長袖 coeng4 zau6 = long sleeves; long-sleeved

短袖 dyun2 zau6 duan3 xiu4 = short sleeves; short-sleeved

短袖衫 dyun2 zau6 saam1 duan3 xiu4 shan1 = short-sleeved shirt 粵

袖珍 zau6 zan1 = pocket-sized

袖子 zau6 zi2 xiu4 zi5 = sleeve

領袖 ling5 zau6 ling3 xiu4 = leader

袖口 zau6 hau2 xiu4 kou3 = cuff

衫袖 saam1 zau6 = shirt sleeves 粵

伊斯蘭領袖 ji1 si1 laan4 ling5 zau6 = mullahs
See all 22 compounds (CantoDict reports 24 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 袖
Unicode code for this character: U+8896 (off-site link)

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