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Pictogram (象形) or Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 𠘧 + 又 – a hand holding a tool similar to a hammer, hence activity (with a reference to the act of "beating"). See also 段 and the original version on oracle bones of 鼓.
The whole character was then borrowed phonetically to indicate an ancient halberd made of bamboo.
For pronunciation and definitions of 殳 – see 沒 (“not have; there is not; to be without; to be not so ... as; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of沒).
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Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
