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The character 虘 is a phono-semantic compound. The tiger radical 虍, placed at the top and left, provides the meaning related to felines or wild beasts. The component 且 in the lower right gives the phonetic pronunciation "cuó". Historically, the character represented the roar or aggressive sound of a tiger. While its primary meaning is this specific animal vocalization, it also occasionally appears in historical texts as a proper noun or name, illustrating how characters created for precise zoological descriptions could be repurposed before becoming obsolete in modern usage.
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