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meat
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脔 is a noun meaning sliced meat, often a small, choice piece. Its traditional form 臠 is a phono-semantic compound: the bottom radical 肉 (meat) gives the semantic category, while the upper component 䜌 (luán) indicates the sound. Historically, the character appeared in culinary and sacrificial contexts, and in the compound 禁脔 (jìnluán), which metaphorically refers to an exclusive possession or something forbidden. The simplified form 脔 drastically reduces strokes by swapping the intricate phonetic 䜌 for the top part of 恋, while the meat radical still ties it to flesh.
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