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The character 帻, whose traditional form is 幘, is composed of the semantic radical 巾 ('cloth') on the left and the phonetic component 责 (traditional 責) on the right. It originally designated a conical cap or turban worn by men to cover their hair in classical China. The character is often found in historical texts concerning sumptuary laws and formal dress codes that dictated headwear by social rank and occupation.
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