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The character 徕, in its traditional form 徠, is composed of the radical 彳, indicating movement, and the phonetic component 來, which originally depicted wheat but came to mean "to come". Its core etymology is therefore "to cause to come", conveying the sense of summoning or encouraging someone or something to arrive. This meaning is seen in classical compounds like 招徠, meaning to solicit or attract. While 徕 itself is not a high-frequency character in modern usage, its meaning remains closely tied to this concept of inducing or welcoming, and its structure clearly reflects this origin through its components of movement and coming.
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