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> In particular, 妛 was probably created when printers tried to create 𡚴 by cutting and pasting 山 and 女 together.

It's crazy to think that a lot of written Kanji and Hanzi come from print drifting and a small accumulation of errors, similar to how many new words are formed in spoken language.




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