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瑭 is a phono-semantic compound denoting a specific variety of jade or semi-precious stone. Its left side, 王 (yù), the radical form of 玉 'jade', places it in the semantic category of precious stones and minerals. The right side, 唐 (táng), supplies the pronunciation. Found in mineralogical terminology and classical descriptions of ornamental objects, this structure shows how Chinese creates precise jade terms by pairing the jade radical with different phonetic components.
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