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Kotomora

裯

coverlet, bedspread

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Readings

On'yomi

  • チュウ
  • ジュ
  • トウ

Kun'yomi

  • はだぎ

Meaning

裯 centers on a cloth covering used on a bed: a coverlet or bedspread. The kun reading はだぎ (undershirt) extends this to a garment worn next to the skin, but the core idea remains a fabric layer.

Study

Etymology

裯 combines the cloth radical 衤 with 周, which likely provides the sound. The character originally referred to a type of bed covering or thin garment.

Meaning mnemonic

The cloth radical 衤 beside 周 (which can suggest 'surrounding') gives the image of fabric that surrounds you in bed: a coverlet or bedspread.

Reading mnemonic

For チュウ, imagine choosing (チュウ sounds like 'choose') a soft coverlet to wrap around yourself: choose -> チュウ, and the cloth radical 衤 reinforces the fabric choice.