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Etymology phono-semantic
water
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The character 泾, derived from the traditional 涇, is a phono-semantic compound with the water radical 氵 on the left providing meaning and the phonetic component 巠 on the right indicating sound. In its simplified form, the complex right-hand element was streamlined to 𢀖. It functions as a geographical proper noun for the Jing River, a major Wei River tributary in Shaanxi. This character is central to the idiom "Jing and Wei clearly separated", which alludes to the distinct visual contrast where the clear Jing River meets the muddy Wei River, metaphorically representing a clear distinction between right and wrong, good and bad.
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