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泖 is a phono-semantic compound denoting still water, a stagnant lake, or a river with a very slow current. It combines the water radical 氵, indicating a body of water, with the phonetic 卯 (mǎo). Its usage is largely confined to geographic terminology, particularly in the names of lakes and waterways in the Jiangnan region of China, such as the Dianshan Lake area. Rather than functioning as a general term for still water, it evolved into a localized topographical term, appearing almost exclusively in these specific place names and classical descriptions of tranquil, non-flowing waters.
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