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 <WL>盐(F鹽) [yán] salt; 食盐 table salt@@  [yàn] [yān] cf. 鹽
-The Shuōwén Seal form of 盐(􂂤鹽) yán/yàn ‘salt’ combines 監(􁙺𧗄) jiān (phonetic) and 鹵 (lǔ) ‘salt’ (note that the bottom component 血 is abbrev. to 皿 in the modern forms).
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 盐/鹽(􂂤) yán/yàn ‘salt’ combines 監(􁙺𧗄) jiān ‘large evaporating basin’ (phonosemantic), and 鹵 (lǔ) ‘salt’.
-	In the simple form 盐, the top is reduced to 圤.
+	Note: Within 監(􁙺𧗄) is said to be 䘓(􀶾) kàn ‘blood broth/stew’ (abbrev. phonetic), and hence the old 血 component in 鹽(􂂤).
+	In the simple form 盐, the full-form top is reduced to a shape like 圤; in the modern forms 盐/鹽 the bottom component 血 is abbrev. to 皿.
 	Compare: 腌(􀮶𦜽) yān ‘salt-cure (meat)’ (盐腌).
-	Note: 盐腌 yànyān (HDZ), but the modern reading is 盐腌 yányān (ABC).
+	Note: Formerly 盐腌 yànyān ‘salt-cure’ (HDZ), but the modern reading is 盐腌 yányān (ABC).
 #rK.AD376 D.4.2559.3 B.142.0.07 E.0
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