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The character "窀" is composed of the radical "穴", indicating a cave or hole, combined with the phonetic and semantic component "屯", which carries connotations of accumulation or bundling. Its etymology relates directly to internment, originally specifying a thickly packed or deep burial mound. Over time, its meaning broadened to refer more generally to a grave or tomb, though its usage remains largely restricted to classical texts and fixed literary compounds such as "窀穸", which means the grave or the long night of death.
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