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舣, a verb meaning to moor a boat, bring a ship to shore, or dock a vessel, is the simplified form of 艤. Both characters have the semantic radical 舟 ('boat') on the left, setting the maritime context. In the simplified version, the right-side phonetic is 义, which replaces the more complex 義 of the traditional character, cutting the stroke count while exactly preserving the pronunciation and meaning. The character neatly combines a vehicle indicator with a sound clue to convey the action of bringing a watercraft to land.
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