军权
jūn​quán

military power

军 jūn army Simplified

Simplified form of 軍. Phonosemantic compound. 勻 represents the sound and 車 represents the meaning.

Components

勻
勻 SoundRemnant component
yún equal
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 勻 than it was in ancient scripts.
车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

Component uses

Sound (2 of 11 verified)

挥辉浑晕晖荤诨恽郓珲皲

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

恽

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

权 quán power Simplified

Simplified form of 權. Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
又
又 Simplified component
yòu again

Shorthand for the 雚 component in the traditional character 權.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Regular Modern

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica

軍 jūn army Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 勻 represents the sound and 車 represents the meaning.

Components

勻
勻 SoundRemnant component
yún equal
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 勻 than it was in ancient scripts.
車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 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 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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 9 verified)

運葷輝渾鄆暈諢暉揮

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjun[k]ʷər army; camp

說文解字

《說文》：“軍，圜圍也。四千人為軍。从車，从包省。軍，兵車也。”

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)

權 quán power, right Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Character Evolution

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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjwen[g]ʷrar weight of a steelyard

說文解字

《說文》：“權，黃華木。从木，雚聲。一曰反常。”

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)