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蟥 (huáng) is a phono-semantic compound: the radical 虫 (chóng) 'insect, worm' on the left places it among bugs, reptiles, and invertebrates, while the phonetic 黄 (huáng) 'yellow' on the right indicates its pronunciation. It denotes the horse leech, a blood-sucking aquatic leech, or more broadly any of various parasitic leeches.
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