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The character "眄" is structured with the eye radical (目) combined with the component 丏, which serves primarily as a phonetic indicator but also carries connotations of avoidance or obscurity, etymologically contributing to the sense of an averted or indirect gaze. This composition has consistently represented the act of looking sideways or glancing obliquely, with its meaning narrowing over time from earlier classical texts where it could imply a more general look of appraisal or disregard to its specialized modern sense of a sidelong glance.
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