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The character 鹌 is the simplified equivalent of traditional 鵪. It is a phono-semantic compound, with the bird radical 鸟 on the right firmly signaling that it belongs to the avian category, while the phonetic element 奄 on the left determines the pronunciation and contributes nothing to the description of the bird itself. This character denotes specifically the quail, a small ground-nesting game bird allied to the pheasants. Almost without exception, 鹌 occurs in combination with 鹑 to form the standard disyllabic name 鹌鹑. As a term, it is strictly a zoological noun and carries no secondary, metaphorical, or abstract senses.
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