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蹯 is a phono-semantic compound: the foot radical 足 (meaning) on the left, and the phonetic 番 on the right. The foot radical places the character in the semantic domain of feet, paws, or lower extremities. Its primary meaning is the paw or sole of a wild animal's foot. In historical literature and culinary texts, it is almost exclusively used to form the compound word for bear's paw, a rare and luxurious delicacy highly prized in ancient China and reserved for nobility and extravagant banquets.
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