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The character 鹕 is a phonosemantic compound: the bird radical 鸟 (niǎo) on the right indicates its classification as a type of bird, while the left component 胡 (hú) provides the pronunciation. It is the simplified form of 鶘, which uses the traditional bird radical 鳥. The character appears only in the disyllabic word 鹈鹕 (tíhú), the standard Chinese name for the pelican, a large water bird recognized by the elastic throat pouch beneath its long beak. Since it functions solely as part of this ornithological term, 鹕 has no independent meaning, historical usage, or metaphorical extension.
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