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The character "朐" is structurally composed of the phonetic component "句" and the semantic component "月", which in this context represents "meat". This construction originally related to dried, curved meat, a meaning directly indicated by its form. Historically, it served as a place name and also referred to a specific type of worm. The association with the worm likely arose from the character's "meat" radical and a perceived similarity in the creature's shape to the curved meat, causing this meaning to become its primary modern definition, while its other applications are now largely archaic or obsolete.