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young dragon with horns
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The character 虬, with its traditional form written as 虯, structurally originates from the semantic radical 虫, which signifies creatures, and the phonetic component 丩 in its traditional construction, whereas the simplified form alters this by substituting 丩 with 乚. Historically, the term specifically referred to a horned or juvenile dragon in early Chinese texts, and its meaning later widened to describe any coiled or sinuous dragon in poetic and artistic contexts over time.
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