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尥 is a phono-semantic compound where the radical 尢 ('crooked leg' or 'lame') anchors the meaning in the legs and lower-body movement, and 勺 supplies the pronunciation. Its meaning is narrow: it describes the sudden, aggressive backward kick of a large draft animal's hind legs, horse, donkey, or mule. The character appears almost exclusively in the fixed colloquial expression 尥蹶子, though it can metaphorically refer to a person throwing a temper tantrum or abruptly quitting a task.
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