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鬳 is an ancient character referring to a type of earthenware or bronze vessel used for steaming food. It combines the semantic component 鬲, a pictograph of a three-legged tripod cauldron indicating a cooking utensil, with the phonetic component 虍, which supplies the pronunciation. Now rarely used independently, 鬳 frequently appears as a structural element in more complex characters associated with steaming or sacrificial cooking.
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