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The character "坜" derives from its traditional form "壢", structured with the earth radical "土" and the phonetic component "歷", the latter conveying a sense of passage or traversal, which together imply a depression or ditch shaped over time. This character has historically referred to a sunken area in the ground, a meaning consistently applied in toponyms to describe specific terrain features. The simplified form "坜" retains the earth radical but replaces the phonetic with "历", a streamlined version of "歷", while the character's primary semantic association with geographical hollows remains unchanged.