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sacrifice at the end of mourning
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The character 禫 (dàn) is a phono-semantic compound referring to the formal sacrifice that concluded the traditional three-year mourning period for a parent. It pairs the semantic radical 示 (shì), connected to religious rituals, altars, and ancestral spirits, with the phonetic component 覃 (tán), which also evokes a sense of depth and solemnity appropriate for the occasion. In historical records of Confucian rites, this character was the technical term for the exact moment when mourners removed their mourning garments and returned to normal daily life, an act laden with cultural significance in ancestral veneration.
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