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眢 is an ideogrammatic compound that visually combines 夗 (suggesting a person rolling over or bending) above the eye radical 目. Originally, it signified a lack of brightness in the eyes or visual fatigue. Over time, its primary usage shifted to describe something dried up, exhausted, or depleted, most frequently a dry well or empty water source. This structural combination conveys emptiness or failure, and the character is used in classical and literary contexts to denote depletion, without possessing a distinct traditional or simplified form.
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