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approved by inralback19 · Nov 1, 2025, 10:34 PM

i don't think the rtop compnent is a meaning compnent

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black 黑; 微 provides the pronunciation

Components

微 Sound component

wēi small

Change in sound

黴 and 微 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
黴 mrɯl
微 *məj

黑 Meaning component

hēi black

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	mrɯl
	mɯːls

《說文》：“黴，中久雨青黑。从黑，微省聲。”