The left half of the character standing for “clothing” is obviously a big hint at the meaning, but what strikes me most about this character is how the right side is composed of a car (车) covered by an overhang radical. I associate both jeans and cars as being essential components of the United States’ consumer culture-influenced ideas of freedom. Jeans free you to move in any way that you want and take up many kinds of physical labor, while cars help you roam anywhere.
The left half of the character standing for “clothing” is obviously a big hint at the meaning, but what strikes me most about this character is how the right side is composed of a car (车) covered by an overhang radical. I associate both jeans and cars as being essential components of the United States’ consumer culture-influenced ideas of freedom. Jeans free you to move in any way that you want and take up many kinds of physical labor, while cars help you roam anywhere.
I think of the right figure being a dressing room and the figure inside is trying on pants while someone’s waiting outside of the fitting room waiting