Refers to clothing, garments, or the way clothes are worn, especially in traditional or formal contexts. Often used in compound terms like 衣紋掛け (clothes rack).
She was dressed in beautiful clothes.
Hang the coat on the clothes rack.
clothes rack; coat hanger; kimono hanger
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 衣紋.
The kanji 衣 means 'clothing' and 紋 means 'pattern' or 'crest', but the compound 衣紋 is not a transparent combination of these meanings. The exact derivation is uncertain; it may have originally referred to patterned or formal garments.