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Ancient Chinese characters transformed due to core meaning changes, study finds.

Journal of Shaoyang University
Researches into Possible Causes of Erroneous Transformation of Ancient Chinese Characters:Illustrated by the Erroneous Transformation of the Character Component "zhou" in Shuowenjiezi and shuowenguangyi
Peng Zhou

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