dá, tà
crowded, repeated
Original meaning:
mouth like a torrent, speaking a lot
Depicts speech flowing out of the mouth (曰) like water (水). Based on the original meaning "mouth like a torrent, speaking a lot". The meaning later expanded to "repeated", "crowded", "join", and "unite".
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李学勤《字源》p.416-417