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The simplified character 鞒 (from traditional 鞽) is a phono-semantic compound denoting a piece of equestrian equipment: the saddle tree. Its left side, the leather radical 革, places it among hide objects and saddlery, while the right side, 乔 (simplified from 喬), supplies the pronunciation. The term refers to the internal framework of a horse's saddle, the raised wooden and leather structure at the front and back. Its use is highly specialized, confined to contexts of riding gear, traditional transportation, and leather craftsmanship, with no extended meanings.
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