袖 = 衤 + 由

袖 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “sleeve”. It is built from 衤 (clothes) and 由 (cause).

Keyword: sleeve
Pinyin (Mandarin): xiù
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: рукав
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 袖 sleeve

Decomposition

ids

衤 clothes
由 cause

How to find 袖 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “clothes” + “cause”. 袖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 袖 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.