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The character 岢 is a phono-semantic compound: 山 ('mountain') is the semantic radical on top, and 可 provides the sound below. Rather than a word with broad semantic applications, its usage is almost entirely confined to proper nouns denoting geographical features, above all 岢岚县 (Kelan County) in Shanxi Province. Because it names a specific mountainous place, it has no secondary or metaphorical senses; the mountain radical 山 indicates nothing more than its geographic nature.
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