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曛 is a phono-semantic compound with the sun radical 日 on the left, linking it to solar phenomena and time, and 熏 on the right as the phonetic component. It primarily denotes twilight or dusk, the fading light after sunset. The character often evokes the visual effect of the evening glow, the dim reddish light in the sky. Its use is mainly literary and poetic, describing the atmosphere of day's end, without common colloquial usage or broader meanings.