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嵘 (traditional 嶸) is a phono-semantic compound: the mountain radical 山 on the left indicates its association with rugged, elevated terrain. The right-hand component 荣 (from traditional 榮) is phonetic, dictating the pronunciation without carrying any semantic weight. The character primarily denotes mountains that are particularly lofty, steep, and rugged in appearance. It appears almost exclusively in the compound 峥嵘, which describes such dramatic mountain elevations and is frequently used metaphorically in literature to portray a person's life or career as extraordinary, eventful, or highly distinguished.
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