襯 (chèn) — to line, set off; lining, an inner shirt

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字

襯 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

襯＝衣＋親

ㄔㄣˋ · chèn

verb/noun — to line, set off; lining, an inner shirt

字源 FORM — what the parts do

衣義clothing — worn as the 衤 side

親聲qīn — gives the soundclose, next to

IFqīn → chèn — initial and final reshape

The clothing radical (衤) with 親 qīn for the sound, worn to chèn — 親 is what's close beside you, and the lining is the layer worn closest to the skin. From the inner layer to setting one thing off against another: 襯衫、陪襯.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

外衣底下，一層貼身（親）的布（衤）墊著——襯。

Under the outer coat, a layer of cloth (衤) worn close against the skin (親) — the lining.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)襯裡、襯衫— lining; an inner shirt常用

→陪襯、襯托— to set off, foil常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension