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The character "逯" in its traditional form is identical to its simplified counterpart, consisting of the semantic component 辶, which denotes movement or walking, combined with the phonetic component 录. Its original meaning was "to walk carefully" or "to move without a specific aim", a sense derived directly from the idea of walking implied by the radical. Over time, this verbal meaning fell out of common use, and the character became almost exclusively employed as a surname in historical and modern contexts. The component 录 functions primarily to indicate pronunciation, though its own meaning of "to record" does not contribute to the character's semantic value.
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