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The character 鹚, a phono-semantic compound, is used exclusively to name a specific aquatic bird. Its traditional form 鷀 combines the semantic bird radical 鳥 with the phonetic component 茲 (pronounced 'ci'), placing it in the bird category while marking the sound. The character appears almost exclusively in the compound 鸬鹚, which translates to cormorant, a large diving bird traditionally trained for fishing in East Asia. This formation follows the common Chinese convention for bird names, pairing a meaning radical with a phonetic to distinguish the species.
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