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fine silk gauze
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The character "縠" refers to a fine, crepe-textured silk fabric, and its structure is a phono-semantic compound consisting of the silk radical "糸" as the meaning component and "㱿" as the phonetic component. Etymologically, this construction directly links the character to textile materials while relying on the phonetic element for its sound. Historically, the meaning of "縠" has stayed consistently associated with this specific type of woven silk, and its traditional form, which has not undergone simplification, retains these core components in contemporary writing systems.
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