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誊 and its traditional form 謄 are phono-semantic compounds: the semantic radical 言 (speech, words) sits at the bottom, with the phonetic component 朕 above. The 言 radical firmly links the character to the domain of written language, which matches its core meaning, to transcribe or make a fair copy from a draft. The phonetic 朕 provides the pronunciation.
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