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The character 茔 denotes a burial ground or cemetery. Its traditional form 塋 consists of the earth radical 土 at the bottom, representing soil, and a complex phonetic component above. In the simplified form 茔, the upper portion is replaced by the grass radical 艹 and the cover radical 冖, visually suggesting a grass-covered mound. The character's meaning remains strictly physical, referring to graves and tombs, without abstract extensions.
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