Definitions
name of poisonous snake in ancient text
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The character 镻 is a phono-semantic compound, where the semantic radical 長 ("long") establishes its core meaning related to length or extension. The adjacent phonetic component provides the pronunciation, distinguishing this character from the radical itself. As the semantic component 長 dominates, the definition centers on physical elongation or the measurement of extended objects. Dictionaries classify 镻 as an adjective describing something of great length, illustrating how this structure pairs a descriptive radical with a phonetic element to create a distinct but synonymous term for spatial extent.
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