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渖, the simplified form of 瀋, is a phono-semantic compound: the water radical 氵 (shuǐ) signals the liquid sense, and 审 (shěn) gives the sound. Historically it denoted juices pressed from vegetables or liquids from cooked meat, serving as a specific noun for natural fluids and broths in early Chinese texts. Although the traditional 瀋 abbreviates the city of Shenyang, the character's core meaning remains rooted in biological liquids and extracts, dictated by the water radical.
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