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Realized that 倝 is the component linked to in other occurrences of 𠦝, so I'm following that here now.
Changed fields: components
Original meaning: fence surrounding a well
Phonosemantic compound. 韦 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "fence surrounding a well". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
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
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)