Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
莞 has 艹, plants, as its meaning part and 完 wán for the sound, though the match is loose. It first named the cattail plant, then a reed used for tatami mats. The place name Dōngguǎn and, read wǎn, the written word for smiling were both borrowed for their sound.
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