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嶂 is a phono-semantic compound with semantic 山 (mountain) on the left and phonetic 章 (zhāng, 'chapter' or 'emblem') on the right. It refers to a steep, towering peak or a continuous, high mountain range that forms a screen-like barrier. The character often appears in the literary phrase 层峦叠嶂 (céngluán-diézhàng), vividly describing an undulating landscape of serried, sharply rising peaks and overlapping ridges that block the view.
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