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璩 originally designated a specific type of jade ring or earring, placing it among the many characters invented to classify precious stones and personal ornaments. It is formed as a phono-semantic compound: the left-side 王 (a reduced form of 玉 'jade') is the semantic radical for the material, and the right-side 豦 (jù) is the phonetic guiding pronunciation. In modern usage, however, it is almost exclusively a surname , a common drift for classical nouns that once named physical objects. Notably, 璩 has no simplified variant; its retention of the complex 豦 element sets it apart visually from other jade-signifying characters.
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