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鄯 is a phono-semantic compound: 善 (shàn) provides the sound and means "good" or "virtuous", while the right-side 阝, a contracted form of 邑, signifies a city or settlement. Used exclusively as a proper noun, it designates places, most notably the ancient kingdom of Shanshan in the Tarim Basin. The settlement radical marks it as a toponym, and it has never developed any other meanings or verbal uses.
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