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The character 嵝 (lǒu), traditional form 嶁, is a phono-semantic compound used to describe a rugged mountain peak. Its structure combines the semantic radical 山 (shān), meaning "mountain", on the left, which places it within the category of geological or elevated landforms, with the phonetic component 娄 (lóu), written as 婁 in traditional form. This phonetic element provides the character's pronunciation but contributes no independent meaning. In practice, 嵝 rarely appears alone and is primarily found in the proper noun 岣嵝 (Gǒulǒu), the name of a famous mountain in the Hengshan range of Hunan province.