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mò HSK7

foot path between rice fields

approved by Peter Olson · Jan 15, 2022, 07:42 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Jan 15, 2022, 07:42 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 百 represents the sound.

Components

阝 Meaning component

百 Sound component

Change in sound

陌 and 百 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	maek	[m]ˤrak	path between fields