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shrike
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The character 鴃 is a phono-semantic compound, with the right-side radical 鳥 (niǎo) indicating its meaning as a bird and the left-side component 夬 (guài) providing its phonetic element. This structure follows a common pattern in Chinese for naming animal species. The character specifically refers to a type of bird, often identified in classical texts as a shrike or a similar avian creature. Its use is therefore confined to zoological terminology and ornithological references.
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