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■ radical

yuè

to examine

How it’s built

Simplified form of 閱. Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 兌 represents the sound.

门
meaning

door; gate

兑
sound

exchange — The pronunciation of 閱 was similar to 兌 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

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