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The character 鹒 designates the oriole, particularly the black-naped oriole. It is a phono-semantic compound and the simplified form of the traditional 鶊. Its structure combines the semantic radical 鸟, which classifies it within the avian category, with the phonetic component 庚, a Heavenly Stem that provides the pronunciation. This character is most commonly encountered in the classical term for the oriole, appearing in ancient poetry such as the Classic of Poetry. Its meaning has remained consistently tied to ornithological nomenclature throughout its history.