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The character 濞 (pì) is a phono-semantic compound with the semantic radical 氵 (water) on the left, linking it to aquatic themes, and the phonetic component 鼻 (bí, nose) on the right. It functions primarily as an onomatopoeic term, capturing the loud, surging sound of massive water movement, like crashing ocean waves or a turbulent river. 濞 is rarely used alone, appearing almost exclusively in compounds such as "澎濞" (péngpì), which classical writers used to evoke the thunderous noise and power of stormy seas or raging floods.
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