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蒗 is a specialized geographical character formed as a phono-semantic compound. The grass radical 艹 on top indicates a plant-related category, while 浪 (làng) below supplies the pronunciation (its meaning "wave" is not relevant). The character has no independent meaning as a plant or common word; it is used almost exclusively to transcribe proper nouns, especially place names, as in Ninglang County of Yunnan Province.
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