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used in 佝僂|佝偻[gōu lóu]; Taiwan pr. [kòu]
used in 佝瞀[kòu mào]
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佝 is a phono-semantic compound: the left-side semantic component 亻 (human) combines with the right-side phonetic component 句, which provides the sound and originally meant "bent" or "curved". It originally denoted a person with a stooped posture, later associated with rickets. Today it appears almost exclusively in 佝偻, a word describing spinal or limb deformities from nutritional deficiencies.
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