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Cyrtoxiphus ritsemae
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This character is a phono-semantic compound where the radical 虫 (chóng) indicates its semantic category, insects or creeping creatures, while the component 列 (liè) provides its phonetic reading. 蛚 specifically denotes noise-making insects, most commonly crickets, and is often found in classical Chinese poetry referring to field insects. Its structure follows the standard pattern for entomological terms in Chinese, pairing the insect radical with a phonetic element to distinguish species within the natural world.
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