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骔 is a phono-semantic compound formed from the semantic radical 馬 (horse) and the phonetic component 宗 (ancestor, clan). The radical sets the character in the realm of equine anatomy, while 宗 supplies the sound. Its primary meaning is the mane of a horse, or the stiff neck hair of an animal. It is a variant of the more common 鬃, which uses the hair radical 髟 to emphasize the mane as hair, whereas 骔 highlights its specific equine source, making it a precise anatomical term for a horse's bristly mane.
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