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Simplified form of 兩. Combination of two 丙 characters. 丙 also represents the sound.
Components
Change in sound
两 and 丙 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese. Historical Pronunciations
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.617-618漢語多功能字庫