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矬 is an adjective describing a person of short stature or dwarfish appearance. It is a phono-semantic compound: the left component 矢 (arrow) provides the meaning, since arrows were historically used as standard units of measurement for length or height, while the right component 坐 (zuò) indicates the pronunciation. The character has always referred to being short in height, and colloquially it can also describe objects or structures that are lower than expected.
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