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The character "绸", representing silk fabric, originates from its traditional form "綢", which combines the silk radical "糸" with the component "周" acting primarily as a phonetic indicator. This phono-semantic structure is typical in Chinese script formation, where the radical denotes the material category and the complementary element suggests pronunciation. Historically, the character's meaning has consistently referred to silk textiles, with its usage becoming more fixed in compounds to specify types of silk, such as in "丝绸" for general silk. The written form evolved to "绸" through a streamlining of the silk radical to "纟", a change that reduced stroke count while maintaining the character's fundamental composition and linguistic role.
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丝绸很柔软。
妈妈买了一条绸巾。
这件绸缎裙子很漂亮。
他用绸布擦镜子。
这种绸料适合做衬衫。
虽然绸缎很贵，但是质量很好。
她收集了各种颜色的绸缎样本。
由于丝绸的透气性好，夏天穿绸衣服很舒适。