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used in 鄠邑[hù yì] (the name of a place in Shaanxi)
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鄠 is a phono-semantic compound. Its right-side radical 阝 (representing 邑) indicates an administrative district, while the left-side component 扈 provides the pronunciation. The character has historically been used exclusively as a toponym, referring to Huxian (Hu County) in modern Shaanxi province. This structure follows a standard geographical naming convention, binding the character strictly to its locational meaning.
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