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Ideogram (指事) , two intervowen threads 幺 and a distinguishing mark 亠 on top. The whole character should represent a rope, as seen in 率 and 弦. However, this rope is different from 己 and 乃.
Etymology
Unknown. The oldest basic color term for "black" which was later replaced by 黑 (OC *hmlɯːɡ) (Schuessler, 2007).
One of its derivations is 袨 (OC *ɡʷeːn, “a kind of black formal wear”).
In the seventh month there is the crying shrike; in the eighth month we spin, both black and yellow; our red-dye is very bright; we make skirts for the young noblemen.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)