Definitions
dented; chipped; gap-toothed; toothless
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The character 齾 describes missing teeth or, by extension, a chipped or jagged edge. It is a phono-semantic compound: the left side features the radical 齒, which provides the semantic category related to teeth, while the right side contains the component 獻, which supplies the phonetic element. Due to its complexity and specialized meaning, 齾 is rare in standard use. It appears primarily in classical literature to depict physical wear or in poetic descriptions of uneven surfaces, where its dense structure visually mirrors the irregularity it denotes.
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