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The character 攴 is an ideogram depicting a hand holding a stick or tool to perform a striking motion. It conveys the meaning of lightly tapping or hitting. While used independently in classical texts, its primary significance is as a semantic radical, often written as 攵 on the right side of compound characters. In this role, it indicates that the character’s meaning involves a manual action, physical effort, or the use of a tool.
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