侲 (zhèn) - A child servant or page & a youth in ceremonial roles
侲 · zhèn
A child servant or page;
a youth in ceremonial roles;
also refers to an exorcist's assistant in ancient rituals.
A child servant or pagea youth in ceremonial rolesalso refers to an exorcist's assistant in ancient
Usage highlights
child attendantyoung pageimperial pageritual assistantexorcist's helper
Usage & contexts
Examples
- The ritual employed a young attendant (侲子).
- He served as a page in the imperial court (殿中侲).
- Ancient exorcism rituals used child assistants (侲童).
Collocations
- child attendant(侲子)
- young page(侲童)
- imperial page(殿侲)
- ritual assistant(侲从)
- exorcist's helper(驱侲)
Cultural background
FAQ- Historically used in court and ceremonial contexts to refer to young male attendants.
- Appeared in ancient Chinese exorcism rituals (nuo) as assistants who helped drive away evil spirits.