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诨 is a phono-semantic compound meaning joking, banter, or coarse humor. The speech radical 讠 (yán) marks it as language-related, while 军 (jūn) gives the sound. It is the simplified form of 諢, which uses the full speech radical 言 and the unsimplified phonetic 軍. The character typically refers to informal, mocking speech, often in comedic contexts.
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