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饫 (traditional: 飫) is a phono-semantic character that pairs the food radical (食, simplified 饣) with a phonetic indicator. In the traditional form, the radical 食 is on the left and the phonetic component on the right yields the pronunciation "yu". The simplified version retains the food radical 饣 and uses 夭 as the phonetic. The primary meaning is the physical feeling of being full, satiated, or having eaten to excess, and it is employed in formal or literary language to describe lavish banquets or the state of being thoroughly satisfied with food and drink.
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