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The character 诜 (traditional form 詵) is a phono-semantic compound, with the speech radical 讠 on the left indicating its semantic connection to verbal communication, and the phonetic component 先 on the right providing its sound. Its primary meaning refers to a multitude, often describing large gatherings of people or abundant offspring in classical texts. A less common, secondary sense relates to inquiring or questioning, derived from the speech radical's implication, though this usage is now rare outside historical literary contexts.
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