嫱
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Meaning: female court officials
💡 A woman (女) behind the palace wall (墙) — a female court official.
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嫱 (qiáng) refers to female court officials in ancient China, comparable to ladies-in-waiting in European royal courts. Unlike concubines, they held administrative or servile roles in the imperial harem. The character combines 女 (woman) with 墙 (wall), suggesting women within palace walls. It appears in historical texts like the Zuo Zhuan.
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