丢魂
diū​hún

distracted

丢 diū lose, discard Simplified

A horizontal line, depicting an item being discarded, added to the semantically similar character 去 (leave; go).

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts an item being discarded.

去
去 Meaning component
qù go away

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

铥

Sources

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

魂 hún soul

Phonosemantic compound. 鬼 represents the meaning and 云 represents the sound. Simplified form of 䰟.

Components

鬼
鬼 Meaning component
guǐ ghost
云
云 Sound component
yún clouds

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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwon[m.]qʷˤə[n]spiritual soul
Zhengzhangɢuːn
Unicodehuən

說文解字

陽气也。从鬼云聲。

Sources

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

丟 diū lose, discard Traditional

A horizontal line, depicting an item being discarded, added to the semantically similar character 去 (leave; go).

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts an item being discarded.

去
去 Meaning component
qù go away

Sources

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