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Simplified form of 緊. Phonosemantic compound. 臤 represents the sound, while 糸 represents the meaning.
Components
Change in sound
紧 and 臤 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese. Depicts a thread being tightened.