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Original meaning: fishing line
Depicts a hand (又) holding a fishing line (玄) while catching a fish (鱼), now written as 綸. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
xuán, xuàn black
Depicts a fishing line.
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.821漢語多功能字庫