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峄 is a phono-semantic compound whose traditional form is 嶧. The left component is the mountain radical 山, which signals the semantic domain of topography and elevated terrain. The right component is phonetic: in the traditional character it was 睪, later simplified to 𠬤 to create the modern 峄. The character is overwhelmingly used to name Mount Yi (Yishan) in Shandong province, and it also appears in the name of the historical Yi County associated with the mountain; over its long history, it has never acquired extended metaphorical meanings or common everyday usage, remaining a firmly geographical proper noun.
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