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The character 伲 is a phono-semantic compound with the semantic radical 亻 (person) on the left and the phonetic component 尼 on the right. The latter provides the pronunciation but does not contribute to the meaning. This character is used almost exclusively in Wu dialects, such as those spoken in Shanghai, where it functions as a first-person plural pronoun meaning "we" or "us". Consequently, it appears in standard Mandarin texts only when authors are deliberately representing regional speech or local literature.