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Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 丷 + phonetic 豕(OC*hliʔ). The link between the radical "divide" and the original concept of "comply, follow along" is unclear.
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 㒸 – see 遂 (“to fulfill; to satisfy; to comply; to followalong; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of遂).