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The character "鹭", traditionally written as "鷺", is structured as a phono-semantic compound combining the phonetic element "路" to indicate pronunciation and the semantic element "鳥" to classify it as a bird, specifically referring to herons or egrets. Its meaning has remained consistently associated with these wading birds throughout historical texts, and the contemporary form "鹭" retains the phonetic "路" while simplifying the semantic component to "鸟".
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