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gǔn

imperial robe

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 公 represents the sound.

meaning

clothes

sound

public; just The pronunciation of 袞 was similar to 公 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

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