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The character 耴 is a phono-semantic compound formed from the ear radical 耳, which indicates a connection to hearing or auditory anatomy, and the component 乙, which provides the phonetic element. Historically, it appears as a rare anatomical term related to the ear or a specific descriptive word for an auditory characteristic. The radical 耳 immediately signals the semantic field, while 乙 marks the pronunciation. This character is seldom used, found mainly in classical dictionaries and historical phonological texts that catalog specialized anatomical variants and terminology. Its construction is a straightforward example of combining meaning and sound to denote a narrowly defined concept within the semantic domain of 耳.
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