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褎 is an ancient structural predecessor and alternative form of 袖, meaning 'sleeve'. It is an intricate ideographic and phono-semantic construction incorporating the clothing radical 衣, which is split to enclose its phonetic and semantic elements. Historically, it denoted the part of a garment that covers the arm; its complex internal components were later simplified and standardized into the more recognizable modern 袖. Despite this simplification, the meaning remained strictly limited to the sleeve, and today 褎 appears mainly in classical poetry and historical texts as a descriptive term for this specific article of clothing.
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