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The character 佥, the simplified form of 僉, depicts multiple people (人) opening their mouths (口) to speak together, conveying the core meaning "all" or "together". Historically it served as an adverb or pronoun in classical Chinese to express unanimity or collective action, often appearing in governmental and literary texts to show that all officials agreed on a matter. Today, 佥 is highly archaic and has been largely replaced by modern equivalents in spoken Chinese.
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