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sacrificial flesh
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Etymologically, 膟 is a phono-semantic compound with the flesh radical 月, placing it in the semantic category of meat and biological tissue, and the phonetic 卒. Its primary meaning is the flesh of animals prepared for solemn religious or ancestral sacrifices. The radical identifies the physical substance, while the phonetic element sets this specialized ritual meat apart from ordinary culinary vocabulary. The character is confined to historical, ritual, and classical contexts, appearing in ancient texts that detail the exact offerings and procedures of state and familial sacrificial rites.
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