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Changed fields: components
Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound. Simplified form of 項.
Components
Change in sound
项 and 工 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese. Historical Pronunciations