袋

dài · HSK 4

bag

👜 代 (dài, substitute) gives the sound; 衣 (cloth) gives the meaning — a cloth pouch

袋 is a phono-semantic compound: 衣 (cloth/clothing radical) signals the meaning of a fabric container, and 代 (dài) supplies the pronunciation. So 袋 = cloth + dài-sound = bag or pouch made of cloth.

袋 — 代 (dài, phonetic) + 衣 (clothing)
袋 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The bottom 衣 'clothing/cloth' gives the meaning, since bags were originally made of cloth, while 代 on top supplies the sound 'dài'. It has long meant 'bag, sack, pouch'.

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