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full up; classifier for items of clothing (old)
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褔 is a phono-semantic compound that pairs the clothing radical 衤 (a variant of 衣) with the phonetic element 畐 (fú). The radical places it in the semantic domain of garments, while 畐 indicates the pronunciation and helps differentiate it visually from characters with the spirit radical, such as the common 福 (fortune). In classical usage, it denotes an article of clothing or a specific part of a garment, particularly a lapel. Because of its close resemblance to 福, 褔 is quite rare; it appears mainly in classical texts dealing with historical attire, tailoring terminology, and ancient dress codes.
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