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Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound. Simplified form of 銀.
Components
钅 is a component form of 金.
Change in sound
银 and 艮 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese.