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The simplified character 鹒 (traditional 鶊) is a phono-semantic compound that denotes the oriole, specifically the black-naped oriole. Its structure combines the bird radical 鸟, indicating an avian meaning, with 庚, a Heavenly Stem that supplies the pronunciation and is positioned above the radical in 鶊 or to the side in 鹒. The character appears most frequently in a classical compound for the oriole found in the Classic of Poetry, and its meaning has remained ornithological throughout its history.
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