Radical 衤

10 strokes

襪

clothes 衤 (439a) + tip 末 (793a) = socks 袜

袜子 (17) wàzi sock, stocking

The clothes are hung up to dry on the branches of the tree, and fitted over the tips of the branches are the socks. / The dwarf has been left to look after the baby who is crying “Waaah!” (the baby is cold: it has no clothes as they are all being washed).

Here the first stroke is longer than the second; compare this with “not yet” (64a).

The character means an extremity, the tip or end of something.