Character Contained In References Comments
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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
宀 辛 ⿱宀辛
Mandarin
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English
Definitions
to slaughter; official; to butcher; to rule; govern
Mnemonic
House 宀 of bitterness 辛
Etymology
Notes
Apparently this character was originally branches 丵 and building 宀 indicating punishment administered