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瑭 is a phono-semantic compound meaning a type of jade or semi-precious stone. Its structure combines the jade radical 王 (yù, an uncompressed form of 玉) on the left, which establishes its semantic category of precious minerals and carved stones, with the phonetic component 唐 (táng) on the right, which provides its pronunciation. This character typically appears in specialized mineralogical terms or classical literature about ornamental objects. It illustrates how the Chinese writing system creates precise nouns for jade varieties by pairing a general mineral radical with specific phonetic elements to distinguish between visually similar yet distinct precious materials.