幽

remote / hidden away / secluded / serene / peaceful / to imprison / in superstition indicates the underworld / ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

Character component without intrinsic meaning

lovers' rendezvous / tryst

secluded / quiet and remote / obscure and faraway

faint / indistinct

to keep in confinement / to confine

(of a place) isolated and quiet

Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa. / the opening sentence of Marx and Engels' "Communist Manifesto"

Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing

secluded path

faint / subtle (of sound, scent etc) / profound / mysterious / dim

King You of Zhou (795-771 BC), last king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1]

dark / hell / netherworld / hades