仇怨
chóu​yuàn

enmity

仇 chóu enemy

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

九
九 Sound component
jiǔ nine

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-Sagartgjuw[ɡ](r)umate (*n.)
Zhengzhangɡu

說文解字

讎也。从人九聲。

Sources

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

怨 yuàn, yuan hatred

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 夗 represents the sound.

Components

夗
夗 Sound component
yuàn, wǎn, wān to turn over when asleep
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jwonH[ʔ]o[r]-s resentment

說文解字

《說文》：“怨，恚也。从心，夗聲。，古文。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)