← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Dec 20, 2021, 05:34 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 20, 2021, 05:34 PM
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Original meaning: to store
Simplified form of 奧. Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 𢍏 represents the sound.
Components
Change in sound
奥 and 𢍏 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese. Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𢍏 than it was in ancient scripts.