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The character 裾 is structurally composed of the clothing radical 衤 combined with the phonetic component 居, which provides its pronunciation and associates it with items of apparel. In its earliest textual uses, the term specifically referred to the back section of a robe, but its meaning later broadened to encompass the lower edge or hem of any garment, and by extension, a skirt. The presence of the 衤 radical consistently classifies it within the semantic category of clothing-related characters.
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