诠
quán

explain

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 全 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詮.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

全
全 Sound component
quán entire

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

詮 explain Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 全 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
全
全 Sound component
quán entire

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰlon
Unicodetsiuɛn

說文解字

具也。从言全聲。

Sources

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