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tainted food
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The character 餀 is a phono-semantic compound, with the semantic radical 食 (food) indicating its connection to meals or dietary items, and the phonetic component 亥 providing its pronunciation. It refers specifically to spoiled or tainted food, provisions that have gone bad or emit a foul odor, making them unsafe to eat. The structure thus combines the category of edibles with the idea of decay.
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