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The character 髑 is formed with the bone radical (骨) on the left, anchoring its meaning in skeletal anatomy, and the phonetic 蜀 on the right, providing the pronunciation. It refers exclusively to the human skull and appears almost solely in the compound 髑髅, meaning 'skull' or 'cranium'. This specific reference restricts its use to anatomical contexts and occasional literary or artistic mentions of human remains, where it serves as a specialized term for the skull.
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