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shoulder blade
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The character "髆" is structured as a semantic-phonetic compound, combining the bone radical "骨" with the component "尃" which provides phonetic indication, together specifying the shoulder blade. Etymologically, it is documented in early Chinese lexicons such as the "Shuowen Jiezi" where it is defined as the bone of the shoulder. The traditional form of "髆" has not undergone simplification, and its meaning has been specifically anatomical, referring to the scapula in classical and medical texts without broadening into other semantic domains.
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