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As a phono-semantic compound, 瞍 combines the semantic eye radical 目 on the left with the phonetic component 叟 (meaning "old man") on the right. The eye radical indicates a connection to vision. Historically, it referred specifically to a type of blindness where the pupil remains intact. In ancient China, people with this condition often worked as court musicians, so the term frequently appears in texts as a noun for a blind musician, not just an adjective for blindness.
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