Memory phrase for the character: 袍

袍

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Meaning

gown (lined), robe

Pronunciation

páo

Explanation

Left: cloth 衤/衣, right: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)

Mnemonic

The cloth for being "enwrapped", is a gown.

Radicals

衣	clothes
包	package, to cover, to wrap	The upper part 勹 itself already stands for "to enwrap" Actually it is with a "snake" 巳, but simplified understood as a variation of self 己.

Vocabulary

长袍	cháng páo	gown
旗袍	qí páo	Chinese-style dress; cheongsam
龙袍	lóng páo	dragon robe; emperor's court dress
蟒袍	mǎng páo	official robe worn by ministers during the Ming

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