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Character Formation
Definition be subservient to; servant
Formation
Method
  1. (形声) Pictophonetic. (slave) suggests the meaning while suggests the sound.
Simplification
Method
Simplified form is . Created as unique simplification #155 ( » ) via omission of part of the traditional character.
Character Decomposition
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