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The character 梃 is structured with the wood radical 木 on the left and the component 廷 on the right, which primarily serves a phonetic function while possibly evoking an association with straightness or formality. Its earliest recorded meaning was that of a wooden club or cudgel, a sense evident in classical texts. Over centuries, its application broadened to refer generally to any straight wooden stick or pole, and later to tools derived from that form, such as levers or crowbars, reflecting a functional expansion from a simple weapon to a variety of implements.
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