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The character 鹳, whose traditional form is 鸛, structurally combines the phonetic component 雚 with the semantic radical 鸟, which categorizes it as a bird, and this formation has consistently denoted the stork in written Chinese. The traditional variant employs the more complex bird radical 鳥, while the simplified form reduces it to 鸟, yet both constructs retain the same phonetic clue and avian classification, reflecting the character's enduring reference to this specific wading bird without substantial semantic change over time.
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湖面上有一只鹳。
白鹳在河边散步。
鹳鸟飞过了天空。
湿地是鹳的栖息地。
我们观察到鹳在筑巢。
春天鹳从南方飞回来。
那只高大的鹳静静地站在水中。
保护鹳的生存环境对于生态平衡至关重要。