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The character 觎 is a phono-semantic compound derived from the traditional 覦. It places the phonetic component 俞 on the left, which gives the pronunciation "yú", alongside the semantic radical 見 (simplified as 见), meaning "to see", on the right. This structure links the physical act of looking to the character's meaning, which is almost exclusively the desire or longing to possess something, often with ill intent. It most commonly appears in the compound word 觊觎.
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