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Original meaning: kill

Simplified form of . Combination of two weapons (), based on the original meaning "kill", now written as . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Iconic component
spear
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Iconic component
spear

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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