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Changed fields: components
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 广 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擴.
Components
扌 is a component form of 手.
Change in sound
扩 and 广 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese. Historical Pronunciations