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痦 is a phono-semantic compound that denotes a mole, nevus, or dark spot on the skin. It combines the sickness radical 疒, which forms the outer semantic shell indicating a skin anomaly, with the phonetic component 吾 (wú) inside that guides the pronunciation. Created as a specialized medical term for pigmented skin growths, it distinguishes them from other blemishes or illnesses. The character is most often used in the compound 痦子 (wùzi), the standard colloquial term for a flat or raised mole. Its meaning is strictly literal and confined to dermatology, never abstract or metaphorical, and is conveyed by its structural components.
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