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Representing a legendary venomous insect or the malicious act of casting a dark spell, this character is a vivid ideogrammatic compound. Both the traditional form 蠱 and the simplified form 蛊 structurally combine an upper insect component 虫 with a lower vessel component 皿. This arrangement illustrates the ancient practice of placing multiple venomous creatures into a sealed jar to let them devour each other until a single, highly toxic survivor remained. The meaning thus expanded from the literal resulting poison to encompass the abstract concepts of bewitching, enchanting, or manipulating someone's mind through deceit.
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谣言常常蛊惑人心。
他用诡计蛊惑了群众。
这种宣传容易蛊惑年轻人。
不要被虚假信息蛊惑。
你怎么能蛊惑你的朋友呢？
虽然他知道真相，但还是被蛊惑了。
那些蛊惑人心的言论应该被禁止。
在古代，蛊毒被认为是一种神秘的毒药。