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surname Bi; ancient place name
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The character 邲 is built with the city radical 阝 on the right, a structural convention indicating a placename or settlement. The left component 必, normally meaning "must" or "certainly", acts purely as a phonetic marker here and does not carry its usual sense. Historically, the character has been almost entirely restricted to referring to an ancient settlement in modern-day Henan province, remembered as the site of a major battle during the Spring and Autumn period, and it has no broader conversational usage.
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