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嵫 is formed as a phono-semantic compound: the semantic radical 山, meaning 'mountain,' appears on the left and classifies the character within the realm of geography, while the phonetic element 兹 on the right gives the pronunciation. It was devised solely to denote a proper name, occurring almost exclusively in the binome 崦嵫 (yānzī). In classical cosmology, Yānzī is the mythological mountain in the west where the sun goes down. As a coined toponym, 嵫 carries no meaning apart from this specific mountain; the mountain radical merely confirms its association with terrain.
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