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The character 郧 derives from its traditional form 鄖, combining the phonetic component 員 on the left with the city or geographical radical 阝 on the right. In its modern simplified form, the phonetic element is written as 员, while the geographical radical remains unchanged. It functions solely as a proper noun for specific locations, most notably referring to an ancient state in present-day Hubei province during the Zhou Dynasty. Today, it continues to appear in place names for counties and cities in that region.
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