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As a phono-semantic compound, 褚 combines the clothing radical 衤 on the left, linking it to garments or textiles, with the phonetic element 者 on the right. Its original meaning referred to a fabric bag, padded pouch, or the cotton wadding used inside clothing for warmth. This concrete, textile-related sense is now largely obsolete. In contemporary usage, 褚 is recognized almost exclusively as a Chinese surname, having shifted from a descriptive term for tailoring materials to a marker of family lineage.
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褚明是我的朋友。
褚先生每天锻炼身体。
褚阿姨给我们做了好吃的。
褚经理负责这个项目。
上周褚医生去了北京。
因为褚老师生病了，所以课程取消了。
褚工程师的设计方案非常创新。
尽管褚教授很忙，但他仍然抽时间指导学生。