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gǎi HSK2

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Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.

Components

己 Sound component

Change in sound

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

攵 Meaning component

攵 is a component form of 攴.

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kojX	C.qˤəʔ	change (v.)

《說文》：“改，更也。从攴、己。”