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滗 (traditional 潷) is a phono-semantic compound: the water radical 氵 signals an action involving liquids, and the phonetic component 笔 (originally 筆 in the traditional form) indicates the pronunciation. Its primary meaning is decanting or straining, typically in cooking or chemistry, to separate a liquid from solid dregs. The simplification from 潷 to 滗 simply replaces the traditional phonetic 筆 with its modern equivalent 笔, altering the visual density while preserving the character's structure.
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