绔 (kù): trousers (archaic)

Meanings

纨绔子弟整天游手好闲。

Wánkùzǐdì zhěngtiān yóushǒuhàoxián.

A pampered rich kid does nothing all day but idle around.

古代的绔指套在腿上的一种套裤。

Gǔdài de kù zhǐ tào zài tuǐ shàng de yī zhǒng tàokù.

In ancient times 绔 referred to a kind of legging worn over the legs.

history

An old form of 裤 (trousers), originally legless leggings. It survives almost only in 纨绔子弟 (pampered rich kid).

radical

纟 sī

silk; thread

The silk radical, a left-side form of 糸. It marks this as a textile garment, here the old word for leg coverings.

phonetic

夸 kuā

boast; exaggerate

Supplies the sound, 夸 shifting to kù. It carries no meaning here; it is purely the phonetic part of this garment character.

绔 kù