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The character 戤 is a phono-semantic compound, with the radical 皿 (dish/vessel) at the bottom and the components 乃 and 戈 forming the upper and left sections. Its original meaning was to lean against or place something closely beside another object. This physical proximity led to the commercial sense of infringing a trademark or passing off counterfeit goods under a false brand name, in effect, 'leaning' on another's reputation. Today, 戤 is highly specialized, appearing almost exclusively in business, copyright, and historical legal discussions of counterfeit merchandise.
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