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Changed fields: components
Simplified form of 艱. Originally pictograph of person (卩 or 女) guarding a drum (壴) to report difficulties. Later reanalyzed as a compound of 𦰩 and 艮, which both represent the sound.
Components
Shorthand for the 𦰩 component in the traditional character 艱.
Originally written as 壴 but later reanalyzed as 艮 to represent the sound.