Hán

Korea

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approved by cochleoid · Jun 1, 2022, 08:50 PM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jun 1, 2022, 08:50 PM

Realized there was a checkbox for modern components that look different than the original character.

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Original meaning: fence surrounding a well

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "fence surrounding a well". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Sound component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Meaning component
Change in meaning
hints at the original meaning of , "fence surrounding a well", which is no longer the most common meaning of in modern Mandarin.

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

井垣也。从韋,取其帀也。幹聲。又國名。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode