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ruǎnnuò

flexible, soft, weak

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Original meaning: become wet

Phonosemantic compound. 而 represents the meaning and 大 represents the sound.

Components

而 Sound component

Change in sound

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

大 Meaning component

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	njonʔ

《說文》：“耎，稍前大也。从大，而聲，讀若畏偄。”