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The character 摭 is a phono-semantic compound with the hand radical 扌 on the left, indicating a manual action, and the phonetic component 庶 on the right, which provides the sound and a sense of multiplicity. Its core meaning refers to the physical act of picking up or gathering scattered items. In literary use, this extended to the abstract compilation of information or texts from diverse sources, often appearing in compounds related to selecting and extracting material.
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