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The character 泷, with its traditional form 瀧, is structured with the water radical on the left and a phonetic component on the right, which is 龙 in the simplified version and 龍 in the traditional one, indicating its classification as a pictophonetic character where the radical associates it with water and the component suggests its pronunciation. Etymologically, it originally referred to swift currents or torrential rain, and its meaning has remained centered on concepts of flowing water or precipitation, with subsequent application in place names and personal names.
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