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沔 is a phono-semantic compound: the water radical 氵 on the left supplies the semantic field of waterways, while the phonetic 丏 on the right indicates the sound. Historically, it names the Mian River, a major tributary of the Han in central China, and by extension the adjacent region, including the former Mianyang prefecture. The character is solely a proper noun and has no distinct simplified or traditional form.
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