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As a phono-semantic compound, 鹍 features the phonetic component 昆 on the left, indicating its pronunciation, and the simplified bird radical 鸟 on the right, providing its semantic category. Its traditional form, 鶤, uses the radical 鳥 in the same structure. The character denotes a large, mythical or semi-mythical bird, often likened to a crane, and is frequently employed in poetic literature to convey grandeur or expansive flight. Its meaning has remained consistently tied to this avian concept without extending into unrelated everyday domains.