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sleeve opening
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袪 is a phono-semantic compound: the semantic component 衤 (clothing radical) on the left signals the meaning domain, while the phonetic 去 on the right suggests the sound. Its original sense is the sleeve or cuff of a traditional garment. Over time, through phonetic borrowing, it acquired the verb meaning "to dispel or completely remove". In contexts where it denotes removing something negative, such as illness or bad luck, it serves as a variant of 祛.
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