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In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the component above 蒦 is written with ⻀ (ram's horn component), which is the orthodox form found in the Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字(Shuōwén Jiězì)).
In mainland China (based on Xin Zixing, 新字形), Japanese kanji, Korean hanja and Vietnamese Nôm, the component above 蒦 is written with 艹 (grass radical), which is based on the Kangxi dictionary.
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC*ɢʷraːɡ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 犭 + phonetic 蒦 (the phonetic 蒦 also serves as a semantic element, meaning “to catch”) — according to Kōjien, to hunt and catch animals with a dog.