← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Dec 24, 2021, 05:23 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 24, 2021, 05:23 PM
Changed fields: isVerified, components, customSources, historicalPronunciations
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 聂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 攝.
Components
扌 is a component form of 手.
Change in sound
摄 and 聂 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese. Historical Pronunciations