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貅 is a phono-semantic compound: the radical 豸, meaning beast or badger-like creature, signals an animal, while 休 provides the pronunciation. It rarely appears independently, functioning almost exclusively as the second character in the binome 貔貅 (píxiū), a mythical auspicious winged lion from folklore, believed to attract wealth and ward off evil. The radical categorizes it as a wild beast, locking its specific identity within this compound.
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