寰
huán

great domain

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

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
睘
睘 Sound component
qióng round

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷraːn
ɡʷeːns
Unicodehuan

說文解字

王者封畿内縣也。从宀瞏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)