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搿 (gé) is an ideogrammic compound formed by placing the hand radical 手 (shǒu) on both the left and right, with 合 (hé, "join" or "together") in the center, visually depicting two hands clasping 合. This structure conveys the action of hugging, embracing, or holding something tightly with both arms or hands. The character is used mainly in the Wu dialect of the Jiangnan region rather than in standard modern Mandarin.
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