Chinese character 祃

It names a ritual sacrifice performed by an army.

The Book of Songs, an early Chinese poetry collection, uses the older form 禡 in a military scene. Other classical Chinese sources describe the rite’s setting and purpose: the Book of Rites places it at a campaign site, while Shuowen Jiezi, an early dictionary of Chinese characters, says it placated the local spirit when troops halted.

Later commentaries discuss 禡 alongside 類 and 貉 in the context of army sacrifice. The historical compound 祃牙 names the rite held at an army’s banner before a campaign.