Originally written as 某, also variant form of 梅. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound.
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說文解字
《說文》：“梅，枏也，可食。从木，每聲。楳，或从某。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)