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霭, meaning mist, haze, or cloudy atmosphere, is the simplified form of 靄. The traditional character combines the rain radical 雨 with the phonetic 藹. In the simplified 霭, the complex lower component is replaced by 谒, which provides the sound while reducing strokes. Thus, it is a phonosemantic compound: 雨 indicates the weather-related meaning, and 谒 indicates the pronunciation. The character consistently describes dense atmospheric moisture or obscuring vapour.
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