侃爷
kǎn​yé

big talker

侃 kǎn upright and strong

As trustworthy 㐰 as spring-water 川

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
川
川 Meaning component
chuān stream

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːnʔ
kʰaːns
Unicodekɑn

說文解字

剛直也。从㐰，㐰，古文信；从川，取其不舍晝夜。《論語》曰：“子路𠈉𠈉如也。”

Sources

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

爷 ye, yé father Simplified

Simplified form of 爺. Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 耶 represents the sound.

Components

父
父 Meaning component
fù father
卩
卩 Simplified component
jié person kneeling

Shorthand for the 耶 component in the traditional character 爺.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

爺 ye, yé father Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 耶 represents the sound.

Components

父
父 Meaning component
fù father
耶
耶 Sound component
yé, yē, ye ye (sound)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglaː
Unicodeia

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang