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The character 婺 is a phono-semantic compound, combining the phonetic component 敄 with the semantic component 女, meaning "woman". Its original use was as a proper noun, primarily referring to a historical prefecture named Wuzhou and the Wujiang River in Jiangxi province. Over time, the character was borrowed for its phonetic value into astronomy to name a star, Wunü, within the constellation Aquarius. The character’s meaning has thus remained tied to these specific nomenclature, and its structure has not been altered by simplification.
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