Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | ʔjwienX | qʷenʔ | crawl (as an insect); soft, bending |
| ʔwen | qʷˤen | crawl (as an insect); soft, bending | |
| gjwienX | [m-k-qʷ]enʔ | crawl (as an insect); soft, bending | |
| Zhengzhang | ɡʷenʔ | ||
| qʷen | |||
| qʷeːn |
說文解字
蜎也。从虫肙聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)