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浼 is a phono-semantic compound: the water radical 氵 points to its original sense of polluting or defiling water, while 免 supplies the pronunciation. The meaning later broadened into a social context, arriving at "to ask a favor" or "to entreat someone", a clear shift from physical contamination to an abstract interpersonal action.
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