变 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

biàn HSK2

change

Simplified form of 變. Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

luán tie together

Change in sound

变 and 䜌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

yòu again

Shorthand for the 夂 component in the traditional character 變. 夂 is a component form of 止.

Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

䜌 Sound component

luán tie together

Change in sound

變 and 䜌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
變 *pro[n]-s
䜌 *mə.rˤo[n]

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pjenH	pro[n]-s	change (v.)

《說文》：“變，更也。从攴，聲。”