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衣 — clothes; Kangxi radical 145

Pinyin
yī · yì
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — yī, yì — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 衣: 6 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

衣 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 衣 in the HSK syllabus: 11

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 衣服yīfuclothesHSK 1
  2. 大衣dàyīovercoat; topcoat; cloakHSK 3
  3. 上衣shàngyījacket; upper outer garmentHSK 3
  4. 洗衣机xǐyījīwashing machine; washerHSK 3
  5. 雨衣yǔyīraincoatHSK 3
  6. 毛衣máoyīsweaterHSK 4
  7. 内衣nèiyīundergarment; underwearHSK 6
  8. 衣食住行yī-shí-zhù-xíngclothing, food, housing and transportationHSK 6
  9. 更衣室gēngyīshìchange room; dressing room; locker room; toiletHSK 7–9
  10. 节衣缩食jiéyī-suōshíto save on food and clothing; to live frugallyHSK 7–9
  11. 衣裳yīshangclothesHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.