Same in origin to 需. Pictograph of a person (大) standing under the rain (雨), representing the meaning "become wet", now written as 濡. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The 雨 (rain) component was later replaced with the phonetic component 而.
Components
而
而 Phonetic component
ér and
Originally 雨 (rain). Later replaced with phonetic component 而.
View phonetic series →大
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Historical Evolution
耎
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
耎
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
耎
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
耎
Regular
Modern
Chinese
耎 [ruǎn]
archaic variant of 軟|软[ruǎn]
Example Sentences