𢼸 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

wēiwéi

tiny, small

approved by Peter Olson · Nov 17, 2021, 02:01 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 17, 2021, 02:01 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. 𡵂 represents the sound and 攵 represents the meaning.

Components

𡵂 Sound component

měi beautiful

Change in sound

𢼸 and 𡵂 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
𢼸 *məj
𡵂 *[m]rəjʔ

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

妙也。从人从攴，豈省聲。