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The phono-semantic character 麂 is made up of the deer radical 鹿 and the phonetic 几. The radical identifies it as a cervid, and the character refers to the muntjac (also called the barking deer), a diminutive Asian forest deer recognized for its vocalizations. The phonetic 几 supplies the sound and carries no semantic weight, so the radical alone determines the meaning.
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