氆 (pǔ): used only in 氆氇, a Tibetan wool…

Meanings

藏族牧民用氆氇做袍子和毯子。

Zàngzú mùmín yòng pǔlu zuò páozi hé tǎnzi.

Tibetan herders use pulu wool cloth to make robes and blankets.

history

氆 never stands alone in modern Chinese. It exists only in the two-syllable loanword 氆氇 (a hand-woven Tibetan wool fabric), where it pairs with 氇.

radical

毛 máo

hair; wool

The 毛 'wool' radical marks 氆 as a kind of woven wool cloth and is its indexing radical.

phonetic

普 pǔ

general; common

The 普 element supplies the sound; it is purely phonetic in this transliterated fabric name.

氆 pǔ