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飗 describes the continuous blowing of the wind. It is a phono-semantic compound: the radical 风 (wind) signals the meaning, while 留 indicates the pronunciation. Its traditional form 飀 uses the unsimplified wind radical 風 but keeps the same phonetic component. Historically, the character captured the auditory sensation of a breeze or strong gust, serving as a poetic descriptor for meteorological phenomena. Over time, its use has remained centered on the sound and movement of wind, rarely extending beyond this concrete, sensory context.
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