黹 Radical 204 — embroidery; fine needlework
zhǐ (third tone, dipping)
embroidery; fine needlework
Radical 20412 strokes0 characters
Where the shape comes from
A pattern of fine, crossing stitches, the mark of decorative needlework rather than plain sewing. Genuinely rare today, it survives mainly as a dictionary classifier for a small handful of characters describing embroidered ceremonial patterns, its everyday work long since taken over by words built more simply from 糸, thread, and 衣, cloth.
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