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阝 means 'when appears on the right = group, when on the left = hill'

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the two variants in brackets appear the same as 阝, but all three are different Unicode characters
Although 阝looks identical on the left or right side of a character, the meaning varies with the position. Here we look at it on the right side of a kanji, where it often means "village," as in 郷 (hometown) and 郊 (suburbs). We also examine how 邑 turned into 阝 in both 部 (part) and 邸 (mansion).
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⻏ (邑) group  ⻖ (阜) hill  
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阝
when appears on the right = group, when on the left = hill
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おおざと group, community, large village   
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hill   
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