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砀 (traditional 碭) is a phono-semantic compound combining the stone radical 石 with the phonetic 昜 (yáng, "bright"), which also suggests the stone's colorful veining. Originally it named a brightly patterned stone, but its meaning narrowed over time and now functions almost exclusively as a proper noun, most notably in Dangshan County (碭山/砀山) in Anhui. The simplified form replaces 昜 with the abbreviated component 𠃓, a common shorthand in characters sharing this phonetic.
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