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fawn
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麑 is a phono-semantic compound formed from 鹿, the semantic radical for 'deer' (placing it among cervids), and 兒, a component that serves as both phonetic cue and semantic indicator of youth. The structure therefore literally means 'deer child', denoting a fawn or newborn deer in classical Chinese. Its definition has remained stable across historical and agricultural records.
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