寬
kuānKuān HSK4

broad

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 萈 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
萈
萈 Sound component
huán goat

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

髖

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhwan[k]ʷʰˤa[n] vast, wide

說文解字

《說文》：“寬，屋寬大也。从宀，萈聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

宽 kuān broad Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 苋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 寬.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
苋
苋 Simplified component
xiàn, wàn Chinese spinach

Shorthand for the 萈 component in the traditional character 寬.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

髋

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode