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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.