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The character 擤 (xǐng) is an associative compound built from the hand radical 扌 and the nose component 鼻. The arrangement suggests a hand pinching or pressing the nose, directly illustrating the act of blowing one's nose to expel mucus. This combination vividly depicts a person using their fingers or a handkerchief to clear the nasal passages. There is no phonetic element indicating the pronunciation; unlike many Chinese characters, 擤 provides no internal clue to its reading, so the character relies solely on the semantic union of its two parts.
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