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 The simple-form character 冲 (6 strokes) is an old abbrev. of the full-form character 沖 (7 strokes), replacing the left-side full-form component 氵 (3 strokes) with 冫 (2 strokes); cf. 沖, 衝.
 	Note: Among simple-form characters 冲 chōng/chòng, with 冫(冰 bīng) ‘ice’, not 氵(水 shuǐ) ‘water’, replaces two different full-form characters: ⑴ 沖(􁹘) chōng; ⑵ 衝 chòng/chōng.
-	Note: The change of the old component from 氵 to 冫 was intended to distinguish the original/concrete 沖 ‘rinse/wash; gush/flush’ (water-related meanings), from  the more abstract/general meanings 冲 ‘charge/rush’ (non-water-related), but the abbrev. form 冲 eventually replaced 沖 (and 衝) in all simple-form usages (冲 being faster to write).
+	Note: The change of the old component from 氵 to 冫 was intended to distinguish the original/concrete 沖 ‘rinse/wash; gush/flush’ (water-related meanings), from the more abstract/general meanings 冲 ‘charge/rush’ (non-water-related), but the abbrev. form 冲 eventually replaced 沖 (and 衝) in all simple-form usages (冲 being faster to write).
 	Note: 冲 is an old common form (俗字), catalogued as a variant of 沖 as early as the 6th c. (玉篇); it also occurs in the common/received texts of 《老子》: 第四十五章：“大盈若冲，其用不窮。” (HDZ).
 	Compare: 冲 chōng (1st tone), vs. 冲/衝 chòng (4th tone).