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cooked meat used in sacrifice
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The character 膰 (fán) combines the flesh radical 肉 (often written as 月) on the left with the phonetic component 番 (fān) on the right. It denotes roasted meat, specifically the portions prepared for and distributed during solemn religious sacrifices or ancestral worship ceremonies. The radical places it within the semantic domain of meat and body parts, while its usage is closely tied to traditional rites and the communal sharing of sacred offerings. 膰 appears chiefly in classical ritual texts, historical records of state sacrifices, and philosophical works detailing proper ancestral offerings.
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