衣 yī — clothes; Kangxi radical 145

A way to remember it

A robe seen from the front: the collar at the top, the two sleeves below. Squeezed to the left it becomes 衤, the radical on 裤, 裙 and 衬.

A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.

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