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The character 骔 is a phono-semantic compound formed by the semantic radical 馬 (horse) and the phonetic component 宗 (ancestor/clan). It primarily means a horse's mane or the stiff hair on an animal's neck, with the radical placing it in the category of equine anatomy and the phonetic element guiding pronunciation. 骔 serves as a variant of the more common character 鬃, which uses the hair radical (髟) to emphasize the material. The reliance on the horse radical specifies the hair's origin, making it a precise anatomical term for a horse's bristles or mane.