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The character "蜉" exists almost exclusively in the compound "蜉蝣", referring to the mayfly, and its history is tied to this term. Its structure consists of the insect radical 虫 combined with the component 孚, which primarily serves a phonetic function. The character has maintained this form, with no distinction between a traditional and simplified version, and its meaning has remained specifically zoological, denoting the short-lived insect without developing other independent semantic uses.
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