What 褹 means
It names a padded garment; some glosses also say “sleeve.”
The Western Han 方言, a book that records regional speech, gives 筩褹 as the Jiang-Xiang name for a padded garment.
Later 字林 and 玉篇 entries keep the garment senses. Dictionaries also connect 褹 with 袂 and 襼 through their shared “sleeve” gloss; check the source's wording before treating them as interchangeable.
Dictionary or literary register; use it for a historical source or a precise clothing gloss.
Check the source gloss before replacing it with 襼 or 袂.
Questions people ask
1Can fonts render 褹 differently?
Yes. As of 2026, a Japanese character dictionary notes that its display can vary with the font or device; font coverage and glyph design may change the strokes.
How to type 褹
褹\8939Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
