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禊
xì
a semi-annual ceremony of purification
🔤 Pictophonetic:
礻 (spirit) provides meaning, 契 provides pronunciation
Words Using 禊 (3)
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⿰礻契
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qì
契
deed, bond, contract; to engrave
💡 Ideographic:
A contract signed by cutting 刀 notches 丰 in wood 木 (now changed to 大)
9 strokes