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Hán

Korea

approved by cochleoid · Jun 1, 2022, 08:09 PM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jun 1, 2022, 08:09 PM

Made some mistakes. 韋 rather than 韦 and 韓 in the description and components, respectively.

Changed fields: hint, components

Original meaning: fence surrounding a well

Phonosemantic compound. 韋 represents the meaning and 𠦝 represents the sound.

Components

𠦝 Sound component

韋 Meaning component

Change in meaning

韋 hints at the original meaning of 韓, "fence surrounding a well", which is no longer the most common meaning of 韓 in modern Mandarin.

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	han	[g]ˤar	(state in the Korean peninsula; Three Kingdoms period)

《說文》：“，井垣也。从韋，取其帀也，倝聲。”