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The traditional character 撟 is composed of the hand radical 扌 and the phonetic component 喬, which conveys a sense of height or loftiness, and its original meaning was to raise or lift up with the hand. Over time, its application extended from physical actions to more abstract or corrective actions, such as to rectify or to set right, and it also acquired a meaning related to falsification or forging, as in altering something to appear correct. The simplified form 挢 replaced the complex phonetic component 喬 with 乔, but it maintains the hand radical and generally continues to carry these meanings, though it is a character of relatively limited modern use.
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