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The character 涪 (fú) is a left-right phono-semantic compound. Its semantic radical 氵 (shuǐ, water) places it in the category of rivers or water bodies. The component 咅 (pǒu) on the right serves solely as the phonetic element, indicating the pronunciation. 涪 is used exclusively as a geographical proper noun, primarily for the Fuling River, a major Yangtze tributary in the Sichuan Basin and Chongqing area. It also appears in local place names, such as Fuling District along its banks.
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