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鹮 (huán), the simplified form of traditional 䴉, is a phono-semantic compound naming the ibis, a long-legged wading bird. The bird radical 鸟 (from 鳥) provides the semantic category, while the phonetic 睘 (qióng/huán) on the right gives the pronunciation. Etymologically, the character is a precise ornithological label, strictly designating various ibis species such as the crested ibis, and it functions as a specialized zoological noun in Chinese.
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