襁 (qiǎng): (in 襁褓) swaddling cloth for car…

Meanings

她还在襁褓中时，父亲就上了战场。

Tā hái zài qiǎngbǎo zhōng shí, fùqīn jiù shàng le zhànchǎng.

When she was still a baby in swaddling clothes, her father went off to war.

婴儿裹在襁褓里睡得很香。

Yīng'ér guǒ zài qiǎngbǎo lǐ shuì de hěn xiāng.

The infant slept soundly wrapped in the swaddling cloth.

usage

襁 only appears in 襁褓, the cloth wrap and small quilt used to carry an infant. By extension it stands for infancy itself.

radical

衤 yī

clothing; cloth

The clothing radical, side form of 衣, marks 襁 as a cloth item, here the wrap used for a baby.

phonetic

强 qiáng

strong; sturdy

Supplies the sound, close to the modern reading qiǎng. It is the same phonetic seen standing alone as 强.

襁 qiǎng