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The character 娲, traditional form 媧, combines the semantic radical 女 (nǚ, woman) with the phonetic component 咼 (guō). It appears almost exclusively as a proper noun in Chinese mythology, referring to the goddess Nüwa (女娲), who created humanity from yellow clay and repaired the broken heavens. The use of the female radical highlights her role as a maternal creator and a foundational matriarchal figure in ancient lore. As its meaning is tied to this specific mythological name, the character has no common everyday usage or verb forms, serving solely as an identifier for this divine figure in both classical texts and modern stories.
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