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The character 溆 is a phono-semantic compound, combining the water radical 氵 on the left with the phonetic component 叙 on the right. The water radical indicates the meaning relates to water, and 叙 gives the pronunciation xù. The traditional form is 漵, which uses the older variant 敘 of the phonetic component alongside the same water radical. Today, 溆 is used almost exclusively as a proper noun: it refers to the Xu River (溆水) in Hunan province, and appears in the place name Xupu (溆浦), meaning 'banks of the Xu River'.
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