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(same as 祅) bizarre, calamity due to terrestrial disturbances (as distinct from 災 -- disaster which is sent down from above) (interchangeable 妖) weird; supernatural, a ghost, bewitching; seductive (said of a woman)

䄏【午集下】【示部】 康熙筆画：13画，部外筆画：8画

《集韻》同祅。《說文》地反物爲䄏。通省作祅。《韻會小補》亦通作妖。互祥祅妖二字註。

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䄏【卷一】【示部】

地反物爲䄏也。从示芺聲。於喬切

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（䄏）地反物爲䄏也。左氏傳。伯宗曰。天反時爲災。地反物爲妖。民反德爲亂。亂則妖災生。釋例曰。此傳地反物惟言妖耳。洪範五行傳則妖孽禍痾眚祥六者。以積漸爲義。按虫部云。衣服歌䚻艸木之怪謂之䄏。禽獸蟲蝗之怪謂之。此葢統言皆謂之䄏。析言則䄏異也。䄏省作祅。經傳通作妖。从示。芺聲。於喬切。二部。