Definitions
to wrap and bind; damp; dripping; wet; a book bag
Etymology
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裌 is a phono-semantic compound with the clothing radical 衣 at the bottom, indicating its semantic category, and 邑 at the top, providing the phonetic element. The radical ties the character to garments or textile-related actions. Historically, it primarily meant a book bag or cloth wrapper, and extended to verbs for wrapping, binding, or perfuming a garment with incense. The structure uses the material sense of cloth from the radical to anchor the conceptual actions of enclosing.
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