裾 means “hem, cuff, foot of a mountain”

すそ · suso

Also: foot of mountain

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

すそ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キョ, コ

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The story

Clothing (衤) beside 居, to stay: the part of a robe that stays down around your feet. 裾 is a hem or cuff: 裾上げ is having trousers taken up, and the 裾野 of Mount Fuji are the wide slopes spreading from its base.

Used in 裾 (suso, hem), 裾上げ (susoage, hemming), and 裾野 (susono, foot of a mountain)

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