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苈 is a phono-semantic compound: the grass radical 艹 (cǎo) marks it as a plant, while 历, simplified from 歷 (lì), indicates the pronunciation (its traditional form is 藶). The character names Draba nemorosa, a medicinal herb whose seeds are used in traditional medicine as a diuretic and expectorant. Due to this narrow definition, 苈 appears almost exclusively in traditional medical and pharmacological texts.
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