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The character "嵫" is a phono-semantic compound composed of the semantic component "山" meaning mountain, and the phonetic component "兹" which suggests its pronunciation. Its primary use is in the name of a specific mountain, Céncí Shān, which holds a place in Chinese mythology. Over time, the character became part of the bisyllabic term "崦嵫", which in literary contexts refers to the place where the sun sets, thus extending its association from a concrete geographical name to a more abstract poetic reference for sunset.