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逯 is a phono-semantic compound in which the radical 辶 (walking, movement) indicates meaning and 彔 provides the sound. Historically, it conveyed walking aimlessly, wandering without a destination, or proceeding cautiously. Its everyday verbal use faded over time, and today it functions almost exclusively as a formal surname. The structure combines a semantic indicator of motion with a phonetic component in a standard character formation, and it has undergone no major simplifications in modern script.
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