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Character Formation
Definition to compare, liken; comparison; than; Kangxi radical 81
Formation
Method
  1. (会意) Associative Compound. Two persons comparing each other.
  2. (形声) Pictophonetic. suggests the meaning while suggests the sound.
Character Decomposition
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This character is also a phonetic component, i.e., it supplies the pronunciation part of characters that consist of a phonetic and a signific component.
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Chinese characters or pinyin syllables

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