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A phono-semantic compound, 睊 combines the eye radical 目, indicating vision, with the phonetic 肙 to determine its pronunciation. It denotes looking askance, glaring intensely, or examining with a sharp sideways glance. The visual radical grounds the character in seeing, while the full character expresses a directed, emotionally charged gaze conveying displeasure, anger, or rigorous scrutiny. It thus captures how these emotional states physically manifest through the precise movement and orientation of the eyes.
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