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胪 (traditional: 臚) is a phono-semantic compound: the flesh radical 月 on the left signals a connection to the body, while the phonetic 卢 (simplified from 盧) occupies the right. It originally referred to the belly, abdomen, or skin of a person or animal. Over time, the character took on the meaning of stating, displaying, or reporting information from a lower rank to a higher authority, which became its most common function in formal usage.
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