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岵 refers to a wooded, vegetated mountain or hill, distinct from barren rocky heights. It is a phono-semantic compound: the semantic component 山 (mountain) on the left signals its geographic meaning, while the phonetic 古 gives the sound hù. The character is best known from the Shi Jing, where climbing a wooded hill conveys a traveler's homesickness and longing for family.
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