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(horse)
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The character 驙 is a phono-semantic compound, with the horse radical 馬 on the left indicating its semantic category and the phonetic component 亶 on the right providing the pronunciation. Coined in classical Chinese vocabulary, it specifically denotes a horse that is predominantly white with a black back. This precise term reflects the historical importance of equine culture and detailed livestock terminology. Within historical texts, 驙 functions solely as a descriptive noun for this distinct animal trait and carries no secondary meanings or metaphorical extensions.
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