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The character "绫", historically rendered in its traditional form as "綾", derives from a composition that integrates the silk radical to semantically anchor it in the realm of textiles and the phonetic element "夌" to suggest its sound, a structure that has steadfastly linked the character to a category of finely woven silk fabric known as damask. Over time, its core meaning as a designated type of patterned silk has persisted without major alteration, maintaining a direct correspondence between its etymological construction and its material definition. This semantic stability, however, has not precluded a secondary expansion into literary and onomastic uses, where the character evokes connotations of delicacy and luxury, thus allowing its significance to extend slightly beyond mere textile classification while still being fundamentally grounded in its original lexical purpose.
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这件裙子是绫做的。
她买了一段红绫。
绫罗绸缎都很昂贵。
古代贵族常穿绫衣。
这件工艺品用了彩绫装饰。
她手中的绫扇十分精美。
这些出土的唐代绫织物保存完好。
画家用笔墨描绘出绫缎的柔软光泽。