The deep, resonant sound of the bell is described in old texts with this character.
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吰 is archaic, used in classical reduplications like 噌吰 (the booming of a bell) and not used independently in modern Chinese. The 'grand / vast' sense is now written 宏 (grand) or 洪 (vast).
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Archaic and literary only — seen in classical sound-describing binomes and etymology notes, not in modern speech or writing.
