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郐 is a phono-semantic compound. The right-side semantic radical 阝, a shortened form of 邑, indicates association with cities, territories, or states. The left-side component 会 (simplified from 會) serves purely as a phonetic clue, contributing no meaning. The traditional character is written 鄶, retaining the full phonetic 會 alongside the same city radical. This character was coined solely as the name of an ancient vassal state from the early dynastic period and has never taken on additional definitions or verbal uses.
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