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As a phono-semantic compound, 唼 uses the mouth radical 口 on the left to indicate a connection to sounds or actions of the mouth. The right component 妾, meaning "concubine" on its own, serves only to provide the phonetic cue for pronunciation. Historically and in modern literary use, the character specifically imitates the splashing or snapping sounds made by waterfowl like ducks or geese, or by fish schools as they feed at the water's surface, acting as a precise linguistic tool for capturing these natural sounds.