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襁 · Ouyang Tong

Qiǎng (3rd tone). The Shuowen Jiezi gives 「襁,負兒衣。从衣强聲」 — the cloth for carrying a child on the back. That entry is itself disputed: Duan Yucai argues it was interpolated, 「古繈緥字从糸不从衣,淺人不得其解而增襁篆於此…當刪」 — the old word was 繈, written with the si $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart