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The character 僦 is a phono-semantic compound: the left-side radical 亻 (rén, "person") signals involvement with human activity or economic transactions, and the right-side component 就 (jiù) supplies the pronunciation without contributing its own semantic value. Historically, it denotes the acts of renting, hiring, or leasing, covering both the employment of laborers and the temporary leasing of vehicles, housing, or property. Although it has a clear commercial meaning, 僦 is seldom used in modern everyday language, surviving mainly in classical Chinese and in historical or legal writings on ancient labor and rental practices.
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