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The character 襁 is a phono-semantic compound, formed with the semantic radical 衤 (a variant of 衣, meaning clothing) and the phonetic element 强. Its core meaning refers to the cloth or strap used for carrying a baby on the back, as seen in the compound '襁褓', which specifically denotes an infant's swaddling clothes. The structure thus combines the clothing radical with a phonetic marker to represent this functional textile used in traditional child-rearing.
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