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Etymology
Depicts two hands (𠬜) opening a woman's legs with a baby's head protruding out of it. Based on the original meaning "to give birth to a child", now written as 娩. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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冥 is composed of three vertically stacked components: the covering radical 冖 at the top, the character 日 (sun) in the middle, and 六 (six) at the base. This structure, placing the sun beneath a lid, visually conveys obscured light, giving the character its core meaning of darkness and the absence of illumination. This association with profound darkness naturally extended into spiritual and mythological realms, where 冥 came to denote the underworld or the afterlife. Consequently, it is frequently used in terminology related to ghosts, hell, and the deeply mysterious.
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冥王星是太阳系中的一颗矮行星。
他在冥思苦想这个问题。
传说中冥界是死者的世界。
夜晚的森林显得幽冥而神秘。
他感觉冥冥中有种力量在指引他。
冥寿是指为逝者庆祝的生日。
冥器是古代墓葬中的随葬品。
冥钞是祭祀时使用的纸钱。