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崞 is a phono-semantic compound used as a toponym for a specific mountain and historical county in modern Shanxi. Its semantic radical 山 (mountain) on the left indicates the character relates to terrain, while the phonetic component 郭 (guō) on the right provides its pronunciation. As a specialized place name, it has no other definitions or metaphorical uses and is absent from general vocabulary outside of historical geography.
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