儺
nuó

rich

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

難
難 Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnanˤarexpel demons; rich, ample, fine, beautiful
naXnˤarʔrich, beautiful
Zhengzhangnaːl

說文解字

行人節也。从人難聲。《詩》曰：“佩玉之儺。”

Sources

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

傩 nuó rich Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 难 represents the sound. Simplified form of 儺.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

难
难 Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode