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陟 is an ideogrammic compound that combines the hill radical 阝 on the left with the step component 步 on the right, visually suggesting the act of moving upward across elevated ground. Its literal meaning is to climb a hill or ascend a height, and over time this physical sense extended metaphorically to denote a promotion to a higher official rank.
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