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Added the source for the previous edit. I don't remember why I started this entry saying it was just the component form of 倝. I didn't add a source for that. Though this could be from two different origins, the source doesn't acknowledge 倝 and explains it in terms of 朝, where the component seems well defined early on. The case of 倝 seems more like corruption that ended up looking like 𠦝 by chance later. Strictly I suppose there shouldn't be any component break down since there are two. I don't know.
cochleoid
2026年3月12日 8:45
Adding explanation for a stroke depicting thorns, but both strokes serve the same function according to the etymology I chose. They could be grouped as a characterless "八" form, but 刃 has some historical precedent. I'm really not sure.
cochleoid
2026年3月12日 6:21
changing the character/component gloss to the original meaning, left the word gloss the same
cochleoid
2026年3月12日 6:14
Went with Liu Zhao's theory of this being clearing brush rather than Tang Lan's theory about it being a human body pierced by thorns. Maybe 刃 shouldn't be a component.
cochleoid
2026年3月12日 6:11
Not quite the standard phonosemantic etymology, there are two meaning components which together aren't themselves a character, maybe a compound ideogram with an added sound component?
cochleoid
2026年3月12日 5:32
