Kanji Detail for 裾 - "hem, edge, foundation"

裾

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
裾 means "hem, edge, foundation."
1. Hem - The bottom edge of a garment; the skirt of clothing.
2. Collar - The front collar of a garment.
3. To be extravagant - To be proud; to be lavish.
4. Edge - The end of something; the lower part; the foot of a mountain.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

cuff; hem; foot of mountain

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

lapel, border of garment; skirt

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

garment

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

hem, lapel; skirt

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The lapel of clothing. The front and back panels of a long jacket that hang down are all called 裾. Such as saying 斷裾而去 (tearing the lapel and leaving).
Onyomi

kyo(きょ)
Kunyomi

suso(すそ)
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

衣衤 (koromo・koromohen)
Related Keywords
hem edge skirt garment collar bottom foundation base foot support humble grounded clothing lower border margin fringe extremity foothills basis