Definitions
a quiver on a horse; a store
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鞬 refers to a leather case used by cavalry to hold a bow or arrows. It is a phono-semantic compound: the radical 革 ("leather") indicates the material, while 建 supplies the pronunciation with no semantic link to archery. Because the object belongs to ancient cavalry equipment, the character now appears mainly in classical historical and martial texts.
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