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hán

Korea

approved by cochleoid · Jun 1, 2022, 08:06 PM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jun 1, 2022, 08:06 PM

Duplicating component, etymology, and original meaning info from the simplified character.

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Original meaning: fence surrounding a well

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

Components

𠦝 Sound component

韓 Meaning component

Change in meaning

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

Regular Modern

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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。”