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The character 鄄 is a phono-semantic compound, with the semantic radical 阝, a variant of 邑 meaning city or settlement, and the phonetic component 垔 on the left. It has been used almost exclusively as a proper noun for an ancient place name, corresponding to modern Juancheng County in Shandong. Due to this specific geographical and historical context, it lacks a broader lexical meaning and has undergone no significant semantic change.
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