(literary) overlapping part of Chinese gown / lapel / sleeping mat
variant of 衽[ren4]

衽 character breakdown

ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona

= 丿 + : Symbol: a cat o' nine tails. Robinson Crusoe wants to propose to the bachelor just inside the encampment's kitchen. To Robinson's despair, just as he presents his banana, a cat o' nine tails jumps between the two and eats the banana.
the left-radical form of Kangxi radical 145, 衣[yi1]

= + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a royal ermine coat.

Maud Younger used to wear a monk's cowl when leaving the space station, but when she got a royal ermine coat she gladly threw the monk's cowl out. Nowadays she uses to wave a petal leaf matching her new coat.

Characters with 衽 as component

衽 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 衽

variant of 斂衽|敛衽[lian3 ren4]
old-fashioned women's obeisance / Taiwan pr. [lian4 ren4]

Sentences with 衽

衽 currently does not appear in any sentence.