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涠 is a geographic name used almost exclusively in Weizhou Island (涠洲岛) in the Gulf of Tonkin. The traditional form 潿 is a phono-semantic compound: the water radical 氵 signals an association with water, fitting for an island, while the right-side component 圍 (wéi) provides the pronunciation and subtly suggests enclosure (圍 means 'to enclose'). The simplified character 涠 replaces the phonetic component with its simplified form 围. Lacking broader everyday use, it is strictly a toponym, formed by the common method of combining a geographical radical with a phonetic.
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