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The character "茀" is structured with the grass radical 艹 above the component 弗, and it originally referred to thick or overgrown vegetation. Its meaning later extended to cover concepts of obscuring or veiling, as seen in its application to items like carriage curtains that provide cover. The element 弗 functions mainly as a phonetic indicator, and the semantic expansion from literal plant life to metaphorical covering illustrates the character's developmental path in usage.
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