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The character 挹 (yì) denotes the physical act of ladling or scooping liquids. It is a phono-semantic compound, with the hand radical 扌 (shǒu) on the left indicating it is an action performed by hand, and the component 邑 (yì) on the right providing its pronunciation. This character is primarily found in formal writing, classical poetry, and historical texts, where it describes actions such as serving wine, drawing water from a well, or, metaphorically, extracting resources.
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