襮

襮 names an embroidered or patterned garment collar. In the Classic of Poetry line “素衣朱襮,” it describes a red decorated collar on a plain garment. The poems are commonly dated 1000–600 BCE, though this individual poem is difficult to date precisely.

Early glosses link the collar to 黼, a black-and-white textile pattern; later ritual and literary texts use 襮 in descriptions of court dress. The compound 表襮 uses a later sense, “to display openly.”

Why does 襮 mean collar and expose?

The senses connect through outward display. Dictionaries record “outer appearance” and then “to expose,” extending the idea of a decorated surface into making something visible.

Traditional character analysis treats 衣 as the clothing element and 暴 as the sound cue. 𧟊 is also recorded as an older or alternative graph for the same character.

Will people understand 襮 in a modern message?

Usually not without context. Alone, it could point to a garment term or a literary sense of “expose,” and neither is everyday chat wording. For a plain instruction or disclosure, use ordinary modern words; 襮 fits a quotation, a discussion of classical vocabulary, or a deliberately archaic line.