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舴, a noun for a small, lightweight skiff, is a phono-semantic compound: it combines the semantic radical 舟 (zhōu, 'boat') on the left with the phonetic 乍 (zhà) on the right. It almost always appears in the compound 舴艋 (zéměng), a tiny boat shaped like a grasshopper. Predominantly used in classical poetry, this compound evokes tranquil pastoral scenes of solitary figures navigating rivers and lakes.
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