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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C2 (est.) · 字
鄖 character · TOCFL C2 (est.)
鄖 ＝ 阝 ＋ 員
ㄩㄣˊ · yún
noun — Yun, an ancient state and place name (in present-day Hubei)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

阝義a settlement (邑) — the city-wall radical, on the right
員聲yuán — gives the sounda circle drawn on the cauldron, round
IFTyuán → yún — the donor's reading worn down to yún
A walled settlement (阝, 邑) marked by its name — 鄖 is the old state, the place. 員 yuán carries the sound, worn to yún over centuries of copying. The graph survives almost only in the place-name: 鄖陽、鄖縣.
意 · Meanings
(本義)古國名、地名— Yun — an ancient state and place name常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
員yuánthe phonetic, standing alone — 員 is the head-count "member", 鄖 adds the city-wall 阝鄭zhènga sibling place-glyph — same 阝 settlement radical, different name on the left