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The character 飚 (biāo), with its traditional form 飆, is an ideogrammic and phono-semantic compound meaning a violent wind or sudden gale. Its traditional structure combines the semantic radical 風 (fēng, wind) with the component 猋 (biāo). This component itself is formed from three 犬 (quǎn, dog) characters, depicting dogs running in a frenzy to evoke the chaotic speed of a storm. In the simplified form, the wind radical becomes 风, while the right-hand component may retain 猋 or use another phonetic element. Both forms consistently convey the idea of extreme speed and sudden, powerful winds.