xuān

clever

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
qióng round

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjwienqʷʰennimble, smart
Zhengzhangqʰʷen

說文解字

慧也。从人瞏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica