(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)
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《集【jí】韻》同祅。《說文》地【dì】反物【wù】爲䄏。通省作祅。《韻【yùn】會小補》亦通【tōng】作妖。互祥【xiáng】祅妖【yāo】二字註。
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地反物爲䄏也。从示芺聲。於喬切
(䄏)地【dì】反物爲䄏也。左【zuǒ】氏傳【chuán】。伯宗曰。天反時爲災。地反物爲【wèi】妖。民反德爲亂【luàn】。亂【luàn】則妖災生。釋例曰【yuē】。此傳地反【fǎn】物惟言妖耳。洪範五行傳則妖【yāo】孽禍痾眚祥六者。以積漸爲義【yì】。按虫部云。衣服歌䚻艸木【mù】之怪謂之䄏。禽獸蟲蝗【huáng】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。