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The character 氽 is a vertical ideogrammatic compound with 人 (person) positioned above 水 (water). This arrangement visually depicts someone floating on water, which is its primary meaning. In some regional dialects, particularly culinary contexts, it also refers to deep-frying, a method where ingredients are submerged in oil and then rise to the surface. Care should be taken not to confuse 氽 with the similar character 汆, which has 入 (enter) above 水 and means to quick-boil. The character 氽 has no simplified or traditional variants, and its meaning is conveyed through the spatial relationship of its core semantic components.