← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Nov 2, 2021, 02:41 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 2, 2021, 02:41 PM
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Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 亚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 惡.
Components
Change in sound
恶 and 亚 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese. Historical Pronunciations