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岣 is a phono-semantic compound: the mountain radical 山 (shān) places it in the semantic domain of geography, while 句 (jù) marks its pronunciation. The character was coined almost exclusively for the proper noun 岣嵝 (Gǒulǒu), a peak in the Hengshan range of Hunan province. It has no independent meaning outside this toponym and functions solely as an identifier for that specific landmark.
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