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old variant of 造[zào]
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The character 艁 is a phono-semantic compound, with the semantic radical 舟 (boat) on the left and the phonetic component 告 (gào, to tell) on the right, which provides the pronunciation "zào". It functions as a specialized, historical variant of 造 (to build, construct), specifically used for shipbuilding and the construction of naval vessels. Within 艁, the role of 告 is purely phonetic, while the nautical radical 舟 conveys the semantic meaning related to construction.
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