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饐 is a phono-semantic compound composed of the food radical 食 (semantic) and 壹 (phonetic). It originally described the sour or rancid smell and taste of food spoiled by age or improper storage. The character's meaning remained closely tied to this literal idea of food spoilage, almost never used figuratively, and it occurs primarily in classical texts on agriculture, household management, and medicine.
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