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The character "畛" is structured with the semantic component 田, meaning field, and the phonetic component 㐱, which indicates its pronunciation. Etymologically, it originally signified a narrow path or strip of land serving as a boundary between cultivated fields. Over time, its meaning broadened from this specific agricultural reference to denote boundaries or limits in a more abstract sense, appearing in classical texts and later usage with this extended concept. The character's form, built from these elements, has been consistently used in its traditional configuration.
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