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鞮 (dī) is a phono-semantic compound formed from the semantic radical 革 (gé), meaning leather or animal hide, and the phonetic component 是 (shì). It originally denoted a type of leather shoe, occasionally extended to leather garments or coverings. In classical literature, its core meaning of leather footwear remained primary. The character has become exceedingly rare in modern Chinese, appearing mostly in historical texts or specialized studies of ancient apparel rather than in everyday usage.
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