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As a phono-semantic compound, 崦 uses the mountain radical 山 on the left to indicate its meaning related to terrain and elevation. The right component 奄 (yǎn) provides the pronunciation and balances the character's structure. This character is almost exclusively used in the proper noun 崦嵫 (Yānzī), a legendary western mountain in Chinese mythology where the sun was said to set. Due to this specific mythological and geographical association, it has no common or figurative meanings, appearing mainly in classical texts, poetry about sunsets or the west, and specialized dictionaries.