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dark brown horse
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The character 驖 is a phono-semantic compound for a horse with a dark, reddish-black coat resembling raw iron. It pairs the semantic radical 馬 (mǎ, horse) with the phonetic component 𢧤, which is the right side of 鐵 (tiě, iron) after its metal radical is removed. This phonetic element provides the pronunciation and also carries a secondary visual cue, the dark metallic sheen of iron, reinforcing the color description inherent in the term.
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