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祦 is a rare phono-semantic compound character historically meaning blessing, happiness, or divine favor. The left-side radical 礻 (spirit or altar) links it to the semantic domain of religious ceremonies, spiritual veneration, and ancestral worship. The right component 吳 serves as the phonetic indicator for its traditional pronunciation. It appears almost exclusively in classical texts and historical dictionaries about ancient rituals and auspicious terminology, never entering common usage or acquiring modern secondary meanings.