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The character "舻", with its traditional form "艫", is structurally composed of the semantic radical "舟" denoting a boat and the phonetic component "盧", which indicated its pronunciation; in the simplified form, "盧" is replaced by "户", a graphical alteration that does not retain phonetic correspondence. Historically, this character has consistently designated the bow or prow of a vessel, a specific nautical term found in classical Chinese texts and continuing in modern usage without substantive change in its core meaning.
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