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The character 邺 is a phono-semantic compound, combining the semantic radical 阝, which signifies a city or town, with the phonetic element 业. Its traditional form is written as 鄴, where the more complex phonetic 業 occupies the left side. This graph functions exclusively as a proper noun for an ancient city located in present-day Hebei province, an important political and cultural center during several ancient dynasties. It has no secondary or figurative meanings in the language.
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