When the formation data identifies 鬯 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
Sacrificial wine
chàng
Unicode uses 鬯 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is sacrificial wine; unhindered; Kangxi radical 192. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
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鬱yùmelancholy; dense growthDetails+
Semantic–phonetic formation: 林 contributes the broad semantic category “forest”; 缶 contributes the historical pronunciation.
- Category radical
- 鬯 sacrificial wine
- Visual structure
- 林 + 缶 + 冖 + 鬯 + 彡
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.