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The character 鬃 consists of the hair radical 髟 on top and 宗 below. It is a phonosemantic compound: 髟 suggests the meaning 'hair', while 宗 (zōng) indicates the sound. (宗 typically means 'ancestor', but here it functions purely phonetically.) This is the simplified form of 騣. It designates the stiff, long hair on the necks and backs of certain mammals, especially the mane of a horse or the bristles of a pig.
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