Definitions
to wrap and bind; damp; dripping; wet; a book bag
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裛 is a phono-semantic compound combining the clothing radical 衣 at the bottom as the semantic component and 邑 at the top for its sound. The 衣 radical grounds the character in cloth and garments, while the original meaning was a cloth book bag or wrapper. Over time, it expanded to verbs like to wrap, to bind, and to perfume a garment with incense, actions inherently tied to the fabric conveyed by the lower element.
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