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àn HSK4

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approved by Peter Olson · Dec 21, 2021, 10:10 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 21, 2021, 10:10 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 音 represents the sound.

Components

日 Meaning component

音 Sound component

Change in sound

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

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	'omH	qˤum-s	dark

《說文》：“暗，日無光也。从日，音聲。”