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飑 is a phono-semantic compound: the wind radical 风 (fēng) sets the semantic category of weather, while 包 (bāo) provides the pronunciation and suggests a wrapping action, capturing the idea of wind wrapping on itself. The traditional form is 颮, with the unsimplified radical 風. The character denotes a sudden, violent gust of wind, a squall or whirlwind, representing abrupt, intense meteorological events, and its use is anchored in meteorological and dramatic atmospheric descriptions.
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