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The character "陬" historically denoted a geographical corner or foothill, with its structure combining the radical 阝, indicating terrain or elevation, and the phonetic component 取. Originally used for physical features like mountain recesses, its meaning extended into astronomical and calendrical contexts, where it came to refer to the first month of the lunar year or a specific celestial region in classical texts, demonstrating a semantic shift from concrete spatial descriptions to abstract temporal and cosmic applications.
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