Origin

This character combines a farming tool on the left with a sound hint on the right. The left component, which shows a plow or agricultural implement, suggests the idea of wear and exhaustion from hard physical labor in the fields. The right component is primarily a sound hint that indicates roughly how the character should be pronounced, rather than contributing meaning. Together, the character developed to mean "decrease" or "waste away," capturing the sense of gradual depletion through work or use.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).