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shrike
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鴃 is a phono-semantic compound character. Its right-side radical 鳥 ('bird') establishes the semantic category, and the left-side component 夬 provides the sound. The character exclusively denotes a specific bird, most commonly the shrike or a related species in classical texts. The combination of the bird radical with a phonetic marker confines this character to zoological and ornithological terminology, preventing it from developing unrelated meanings.
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