褰
to lift (clothes, sheets); lower garments
Closest English meanings
to lift up (clothing)
The Calligrapher — Ōuyáng Tōng 欧阳通
Tang regular-script master known for powerful, square strokes.
Tang calligrapher (?–691), master of regular script — known for 《道因法师碑》. Tang dynasty
Cultural Story
The Book of Songs, in the Ode of Lifting the Skirt, teases a lover to qian chang, lift the skirt, and wade the Zhen river to come across, the qian the practical hitch of cloth above the knee. The gesture is desire made mechanical, the garment lifted so the body may cross water. The character is the hem raised on purpose.
Common words & phrases
- 褰裳 lift one's skirt
- 褰帷 lift the curtain
Read the story behind the character
A wader qian chang, lifts her skirt, to step into the shallow stream, and a host qian wei, lifts the curtain, to greet guests at the door. The character names the deliberate raising of a hanging cloth, the small act of clearing the way, whether across a river or into a room.
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