Definitions
variant of 禍|祸, disaster
Etymology
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祻 is a phono-semantic compound character. The left component is the semantic radical 礻, a variant of 示, which places the character in the realm of altars, sacrifices, and spiritual ceremonies. The right component is 固 (pronounced gù, meaning "solid" or "firm"), serving here solely as the phonetic indicator. Historically, this character was used as the name for a specific ancient religious sacrifice or ritual, but detailed descriptions of the ceremony's exact nature and performance are extremely scarce in extant texts. Because of its highly specialized ritualistic function in classical antiquity, 祻 is exceptionally rare in general literature and has no extended or abstract modern meanings.
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