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biàn

to change

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

meaning

(foot); stop 夂 is a component form of 止.

sound

chaotic The pronunciation of 變 was similar to 䜌 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

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