渙
huàn

scatter

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 奐 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

奐
奐 Sound component
be numerous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxwanHqʷʰˤa[n]-samply-flowing
Zhengzhangqʰʷaːds
qʰʷaːns

說文解字

流𢿱也。从水奐聲。

Sources

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

涣 huàn, huì scatter Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 奂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 渙.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

奂
奂 Sound component
huàn be numerous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode