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kù HSK5

armory

approved by Peter Olson · Jun 30, 2021, 08:38 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jun 30, 2021, 08:38 PM

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Simplified form of 庫. Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 車 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

车 Sound component

Change in sound

库 and 车 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.