Definitions
variant of 禍|祸, disaster
Etymology
About
The character 祻 is a phono-semantic compound. Its left side is the semantic radical 礻, a variant of 示, which relates to altars, sacrifices, or spiritual rites. The right side is 固 (gù), meaning "solid" or "firm", which serves as the phonetic component. Historically, 祻 denoted a specific type of ancient religious sacrifice, though details of the ritual are scarce in surviving records. Due to its highly specialized meaning, the character is very rare in general literature and has no extended modern usage.