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帏 (wéi), traditional form 幃, refers to various hanging textiles such as curtains, bed hangings, room dividers, or tent drapes. It is a phono-semantic compound formed by the radical 巾 (jīn), indicating cloth or fabric items, and the phonetic component 韦 (wéi), traditional 韋. Although 韦 originally meant tanned leather, here it contributes only the pronunciation. Historically, the character has described privacy screens and bed curtains in sleeping chambers, as well as decorative hangings in noble households and temporary camps.
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