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辒 (traditional: 轀) is a phono-semantic compound. The left-side radical 车 (vehicle) provides its semantic category of wheeled transport, while the right component 昷 serves as the phonetic element. Historically, the character specifically denoted a type of enclosed carriage or sleeping car. It later became primarily associated with a funeral hearse for transporting a coffin. Its structural combination reflects this historical application, linking the general vehicle radical with the specific phonetic component, and its core meaning has remained consistent throughout its history.
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