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The character "煺" is a phonetic-semantic compound structured with the fire radical "火" on the left and the phonetic component "退" on the right, linking it directly to heat-based actions. Etymologically, it emerged from the culinary practice of scalding animal carcasses with hot water or fire to facilitate the removal of feathers or hair. Its meaning has specifically denoted this process of blanching or scalding for cleaning purposes, without extending to other semantic domains.