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The character 嵬 features the mountain radical 山 at the top, providing semantic context for topography, with 鬼 below serving as a phonetic component that also suggests an imposing or eerie height. It describes towering, rugged, and uneven mountains or rocky landscapes, often conveying grandeur or treacherous steepness. This term appears in classical poetry and literary descriptions of dramatic natural scenery, frequently in compounds that emphasize a mountain range's formidable and majestic nature. The visual combination of mountain and ghost effectively communicates the intimidating, rugged quality of extreme alpine environments.
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