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The character 睪 (gāo or yì) is written with 罒 (the upper variant of 目 'eye') over 幸, but etymologically it is a phonosemantic compound: 目 provides the meaning, while the lower element is a remnant of 射 'shoot' hinting at the sound. It originally depicted an eye peering from a height, giving it the sense of spying or observing closely. Though now rare as a standalone character, 睪 became a vital building block in other graphs, lending its sound and meaning to characters for marshlands and, when combined with the flesh radical, to anatomical terms like testicles.
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