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The character 邛 is a phono-semantic compound with the semantic radical 阝 (city or location) on the right and the phonetic component 工 on the left. It originally meant a mound or elevated landform, but now functions primarily as a proper noun for geographical names, especially the Qionglai Mountains and Qiong County in Sichuan. Its use is largely confined to these toponyms, with little application in everyday language.
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