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氲 is a phono-semantic compound used to describe dense, swirling mist, smoke, or atmospheric vapors. It is structurally enclosed on the top and upper right by the 气 radical (gas, air), which denotes its connection to gases, atmospheric phenomena, and other ethereal substances. Tucked inside the radical is the phonetic 昷, composed of a sun over a bowl, which supplies the pronunciation; its semantic role is negligible. The character almost always occurs in the compound 氤氲, a descriptive term that captures the visual essence of thick fog, rising incense smoke, or the vital energy (qi) believed to permeate the natural environment in traditional philosophical contexts.
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