How to Write 裙 (qún) — Meaning “Skirt”

Think of a skirt (裙) as a piece of clothing (衤) that is so elegant it makes you say 'Wow!', which sounds like 君 (jūn). Visualize a fancy skirt with a tag that says '君' to remind you of the right side. This combines the clothing radical with a sound-alike word to help you recall the shape.

The left radical 衤 is written with a dot at the top, then a left-falling stroke, a vertical line, and two small horizontal strokes — do not confuse it with 礻 (spirit radical) which has one dot. The right side 君 starts with a horizontal stroke, then a left-falling stroke crossing it, followed by a horizontal, a short vertical, and a final horizontal stroke. A common mistake is making the right side too wide; keep it balanced and slightly narrower than the left.

裙 (skirt) uses the clothing radical 衤 with 君 (jūn) as phonetic, while 袍 (páo, robe/gown) has the same radical but with 包 (bāo) on the right — it refers to a long, loose outer garment. 袒 (tǎn, to bare/shoulder) uses 衤 with 旦 (dàn) and means to uncover or expose part of the body, not an item of clothing. So 裙 is specifically a skirt, not a robe or a verb for baring skin.

Common words containing 裙 include: 裙子 (qún zi) — Skirt; 短裙 (duǎn qún) — Short skirt; miniskirt.; 连衣裙 (lián yī qún) — dress.