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brown bear
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The character 罴, simplified from its traditional form 羆, has always denoted a brown bear. Etymologically, 羆 is a phono-semantic compound where 熊 provides both the meaning of "bear" and the phonetic basis, combined with the component 灬. In the simplified structure, 罴 consists of 罒 placed above 熊, reflecting a graphical alteration that does not change the core meaning, which has persistently referred to this large bear species.
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