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The character 滹 is a phono-semantic compound: the semantic radical 氵 (water) on the left marks its water association, and the phonetic 呼 (hū) on the right gives the sound. It is used exclusively as a proper noun for the Hutuo River (滹沱河), a major waterway in northern China. Because it was coined for this single river name, the water radical underlines its topographical reference, and the character has no independent meanings, abstract concepts, or other uses.
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