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The character 珩 is composed of the jade radical 王, which signifies its relation to jade objects, and the phonetic component 行, which historically guided its pronunciation. Its etymology points to a specific jade artifact, originally denoting the top pendant piece on a ceremonial girdle in ancient Chinese regalia. Over centuries, its semantic range has remained narrow, consistently referring to this ornamental jade, though it has also been adopted for use in personal names without departing from its core association with jade.
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