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蓑衣 (suō yī): meaning and stroke order

蓑衣 (suō yī) means woven rush raincoat.

蓑衣

Simplified
蓑衣
Traditional
蓑衣 (same form)
Pinyin
suō yī

Stroke order of 蓑衣

蓑

  • suō variant of 蓑[suo1]
  • suō rain coat made of straw etc
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 簑

Stroke by stroke

衣

  • yī clothes; CL:件[jian4]
  • yì to dress; to wear
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 蓑衣

  1. suō yī
    • woven rush raincoat

Radicals of the characters

蓑
Radical 艸 (Kangxi radical 140) · 13 strokes · 艹 on top, 衰 below
衣
Radical 衣 (Kangxi radical 145) · 6 strokes · 亠 on top, 𧘇 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

蓑衣 in our stories

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  • 一根竹杖，一双草鞋，比骑马还轻松，有什么好怕的？披着蓑衣在风雨里走，这就是我的一生。

    yì gēn zhúzhàng yì shuāng cǎoxié bǐ qímǎ hái qīngsōng yǒu shénme hǎo pà de pī zhe suōyī zài fēngyǔ lǐ zǒu zhè jiùshì wǒ de yìshēng

    A bamboo staff and a pair of straw sandals are easier than riding a horse—what is there to fear? Walking through wind and rain in a straw cape: that is my life.

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 蓑衣

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).