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鸲 (qú), the simplified form of 鴝, is a phono-semantic compound: the left side 句 (jù) gives the sound, and the right side 鸟 (niǎo, "bird") marks it as a bird. Rather than a generic term for any flying creature, the character names specific small birds like the crested myna (八哥) and the robin (知更鸟), and appears mainly in ornithological and poetic descriptions.
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