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The character 骜 primarily describes a noble, untamed steed, and by extension, a stubborn or unyielding person. Its structure combines the phonetic component 敖 on top, which adds pronunciation and a sense of arrogance or rambling, with the semantic radical 马 (horse) at the bottom. The traditional form 遠 uses the traditional horse radical 馬 but keeps the same phonetic upper part. Originally a noun for a powerful, hard-to-control horse in equestrian use, its meaning gradually shifted to human behavior, commonly describing proud, fiercely independent individuals who resist authority.
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