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The character 嵫 is a phono-semantic compound, with the semantic radical 山 (mountain) on the left indicating its geographical nature, and the phonetic component 兹 on the right providing its pronunciation. It was created as a proper noun for a specific mythological location, primarily appearing in the compound 崦嵫 (yānzī), which refers to Mount Yanzi, the legendary western mountain where the sun sets in Chinese cosmology. As a specialized geographical name, 嵫 does not carry an independent meaning outside of this reference.