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mourning garments of coarse hemp
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缞 (traditional form 縗) combines the silk radical 纟 with the component 衰, which is both phonetic and semantic: its historical meaning is the wearing of coarse, unhemmed garments. The character denotes the sackcloth mourning apparel of classical Chinese funerary rites, where the textile associations of the silk radical meet the strict sartorial codes for displaying filial piety and grief.
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