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diǎn HSK1

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Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

黑 Meaning component

占 Sound component

Change in sound

點 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	temX	tˤemʔ	black spot

《說文》：“點，小黑也。从黑，占聲。”