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■ radical

yóu

vase

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and ⺼ represents the sound.

meaning

pottery

sound

meat; flesh ⺼ is a component form of 肉. The pronunciation of 䍃 was similar to ⺼ in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

Through the ages

Seal script

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