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The character for the stork, traditionally formed as "鸛", operates as a phono-semantic compound wherein the radical "鳥" (bird) provides the semantic field, and the component "雚" offers phonetic guidance, anchoring the term firmly within the lexicon of avian names. Its construction follows a longstanding pattern in Chinese character formation, linking sound and meaning to specify a particular type of large wading bird. Over centuries, the character's graphical structure experienced modification, resulting in the simplified form "鹳", which adapts the phonetic element to a more abbreviated shape and incorporates the simplified bird radical "鸟". Throughout these orthographic adjustments, the core denotation of the character has remained consistently focused on the stork, demonstrating how structural evolution in written forms can occur without shifting the fundamental meaning preserved by its etymological blueprint.
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湖面上有一只鹳。
白鹳在河边散步。
鹳鸟飞过了天空。
湿地是鹳的栖息地。
我们观察到鹳在筑巢。
春天鹳从南方飞回来。
那只高大的鹳静静地站在水中。
保护鹳的生存环境对于生态平衡至关重要。