(same as 祅) bizarre, calamity due to terrestrial disturbances (as distinct from 災(zāi) -- disaster which is sent down from above) (interchangeable 妖) weird; supernatural, a ghost, bewitching; seductive (said of a woman)
?【午集下】【示部】 康熙筆畫：13畫，部外筆畫：8畫
《集韻》同祅。《說文》地反物爲(wèi)?。通省作祅。《韻會(huì)小補(bǔ)》亦通作妖。互祥祅妖二字註。
?【卷一】【示部】
地反物爲(wèi)?也。從示芺聲。於喬切
（?）地反物爲(wèi)?也。左氏傳。伯宗曰。天反時(shí)爲(wèi)災(zāi)。地反物爲(wèi)妖。民反德爲(wèi)亂。亂則妖災(zāi)生。釋例曰。此傳地反物惟言妖耳。洪範(fàn)五行傳則妖孽禍痾眚祥六者。以積漸爲(wèi)義。按蟲部云。衣服歌?艸木之怪謂之?。禽獸蟲蝗之怪謂之
。此葢統(tǒng)言皆謂之?。析言則?異也。?省作祅。經(jīng)傳通作妖。從示。芺聲。於喬切。二部。