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Original meaning: manage, govern
Simplified form of 討. Depicts using speech (言) and one's hands (寸) to manage or govern. The meaning later shifted to "discuss" and "ask for".
Components
讠 is a component form of 言.
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.193-194