Definitions
music of legendary emperor Gu
Etymology
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The character 韺 is a phono-semantic compound, with the radical 音 (sound) on the left providing its semantic category and the component 英 on the right serving as the phonetic indicator. Its use is confined to classical texts, where it refers to a specific legendary musical composition attributed to the mythical Emperor Ku. This structure directly reflects its specialized meaning, and the character has no broader colloquial or abstract senses beyond this singular musical and mythological reference.