Definitions
quail-like bird
Etymology
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The character 鴽 denotes a quail or similar small bird in classical texts. Formed as a phonetic-semantic compound, it combines the semantic component 鳥 (bird) on the right, marking it as an avian species, with the phonetic component 如 (rú) on the left, which gives the pronunciation. This conforms to the standard zoological naming principle in Chinese characters: a radical indicates the broad category, and a phonetic element specifies the sound.
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