Definitions
old variant of 騮|骝[liú]
Etymology
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駵 is a phono-semantic compound combining the semantic radical 馬 (mǎ) 'horse' and the phonetic component 留 (liú). It denotes a red horse with a black mane and tail, a precise color classification in historical equine terminology. The character appears in literary and agricultural texts and lacks significant metaphorical uses. This structure of a semantic category indicator paired with a phonetic element is common for characters naming specific animals. In contemporary Chinese, it is sometimes replaced by the simplified variant 骝, which uses the simplified horse radical 马 with the same phonetic.
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