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The phono-semantic compound 谉 combines the simplified speech radical 讠, indicating verbal inquiry, legal argumentation, and communication, with the phonetic component 审, which also reinforces the meaning of careful examination or judicial review. Its traditional form 讅 uses the unsimplified radical 言 and the phonetic 審. Historically, it was a specialized verb meaning to formally investigate, interrogate, or conduct judicial inquiries, confined to legal, administrative, and formal investigative contexts in classical literature.
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