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shoulder blade
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髆 (bó) is a phono-semantic compound. Its semantic radical 骨 (gǔ) indicates a connection to bones, while the phonetic component 尃 (fū) on the right provides the pronunciation. The character specifically denotes the shoulder blade or scapula, the flat, triangular bone at the back of the shoulder. Its usage is firmly anchored in anatomical terminology as a precise descriptor for this skeletal part, without extended metaphorical meanings.
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