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Derived characters

 * 瀜 曧 𭂧

Glyph origin
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Etymology
“Hot air; steam; heat” > “to melt” > “to blend”.

Sino-Tibetan; compare 🇨🇬. Related to (as in ),  and possibly the word family of *lVm:.

It belongs to a word family comprising characters meaning “to melt, to smelt, to fuse, to dissolve”. In modern times the various characters have taken on their specialised meanings:



Definitions

 * 1)  hot air; steam (during cooking)
 * 2) to melt
 * 3) to mix; to blend; to fuse; to harmonise
 * 4)  to circulate

Kanji

 * 1) dissolve
 * 2) melt