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The character 捱 is a phono-semantic compound formed by combining the semantic hand radical 扌, indicating physical action, with the phonetic component 厓, which originally means a cliff. The primary meaning involves enduring or tolerating a difficult, painful, or tedious situation over a prolonged period. It can also describe the act of stalling or dragging out time, as when someone struggles to pass the time while waiting for a challenging circumstance to end.