Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 因 represents the sound. Originally written as 因, a pictograph of clothing surrounding a person.
Components
衤
因
因 Phonetic component
yīn cause
old variant of 因[yīn]
Originally a pictograph of clothing around a person.
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Historical Evolution
裀
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
裀
Regular
Modern
Chinese
裀 [yīn]
mat; underclothing
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