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敫 originally depicted a person (皃) being struck with a rod (攵), conveying "to attack from the side", a meaning now written as 𢶡. The left side, once 皃, later corrupted into the present 白-over-方 form. Today the character no longer carries that action independently; it functions as a phonetic loan, lending its sound to characters such as 激 and 邀.
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