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The character 逶 is constructed from the movement radical 辶 and the component 委, which functions as a phonetic element while also suggesting a semantic association with bending or curvature, consistent with its exclusive use in the compound 逶迤 to denote winding, meandering, or serpentine paths and movements. Its etymological formation directly informs this specialized meaning, and the character has consistently served this lexical function within the language without substantive change to its structure or core semantic value.
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