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The character 麇 is a phono-semantic compound combining 鹿 (deer) above and 禾 (grain) below. The deer radical supplies the primary zoological meaning, the roe deer or a similar small deer, while a secondary pronunciation conveys the sense of gathering, flocking together, or binding into a herd. The structure likely reflects deer clustering around grain, linking the animal category to the concept of aggregation.
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