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- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 冃 represents the meaning and 取 represents the sound. 冃 is used here since a hat is placed at the highest part of the head. → Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 取 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "gather". The meaning later shifted to "accumulate", "many" and "most". Originally written as 㝡. Later extra strokes were added to the 宀 component.
- Original meaning
- gather
- Verified
- No → Yes
- Components
- + 宀 Meaning Depicts gathering many things in one building. Originally written as 宀, later extra strokes were added.
- - 冃 Meaning
- Sources
- + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.617
Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, components, sources
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