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Ikat, a type of woven silk; Kasuri
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絣 combines the silk radical 糸 on the left, indicating a connection to textiles, weaving, and sewing, with the component 并 on the right. 并 gives the sound bēng and also carries the meaning "to combine". The character refers to basting stitches, weaving threads into fabric, or occasionally a type of tightly woven cloth. Its structure thus mirrors the process of combining individual threads to form a cohesive textile.
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