纇

1. A knot or irregularity in silk or weaving.

2. A physical or abstract blemish or flaw.

3. Wickedness or corruption of character/action.

4. Kind, sort, or category (used as a variant of 類).

• Noun/Classifier: Used when meaning "category" or "kind."
• Noun: Used when referring to a physical knot or specific flaw.
• Adjective: Used to describe a person as "wicked" or a quality as "flawed."

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The glyph operates across two primary semantic tracks: a general classifier and a specific term for defect. The translator must determine if the glyph is functioning as a variant of 類 (category) or as a specialized term for a flaw. Contexts involving textiles, weaving, or purification suggest "knot/blemish," while ethical or polemic contexts suggesting corruption indicate the "wicked/flawed" sense.

• Fanqie reading: 盧對 (lú-duì).
• Variant: Simplified/Standardized as 類 (U+98A3).

The use of the silk radical (糸) may be a deliberate choice in earlier or formalist texts to evoke the textile metaphor of a flaw.

Be aware that scribal variation is common and the distinction between "category" and "flaw" often collapses in later texts.