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The character "鹚" derives from its traditional form "鶿", a phonosemantic construct where the component "茲" serves as a phonetic indicator and "鳥" as the semantic radical classifying it as a bird. This character has consistently functioned within the compound "鸕鶿" to designate the cormorant, with no observable shift in its referent meaning over time. The simplified form "鹚" adapts this structure by incorporating the simplified phonetic "兹" and the simplified bird radical "鸟", preserving the original compositional logic and specific avian association.
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