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As a phono-semantic compound related to avian behavior, 鹐 combines the bird radical 鸟 on the right, which signals a bird-related action, with the phonetic component 臽 on the left, which gives it the pronunciation "qiān". It is the simplified form of the traditional character 鵮, replacing the complex bird radical with its simpler counterpart while keeping the original phonetic element. This character functions solely as a verb, describing the specific action of a bird pecking at food or striking something with its beak.