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The character 篙 is a phono-semantic compound that denotes a long bamboo pole used for punting boats through shallow water. Its upper part, the bamboo radical 竹 (zhú), signals the material, while the lower part 高 (gāo) provides the pronunciation and, with the meaning "tall", suggests the pole's height.
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