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咭 is a phono-semantic compound used primarily for its sound value, representing giggling, other vocal sounds, or the transcription of loanwords. The radical 口 (mouth) indicates the character relates to vocalization, while the component 吉 functions purely as a phonetic clue, without contributing its usual meaning of "luck". In modern usage it is notably employed in Cantonese to write English loanwords, most commonly as the standard character for "card" in commercial and technical contexts.
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