呼唤
hū​huàn HSK7

summon

呼 hū, hu breathe, shout

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 乎 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
乎
乎 Sound component
hu, hū interrogative or exclamatory final particle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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-Sagartxuqʰˤa call out, shout
xuHqʰˤa-s call out, shout

說文解字

《說文》：“呼，外息也。从口，乎聲。”

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)

唤 huàn, huan call Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 奂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 喚.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
奂
奂 Sound component
huàn be numerous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

喚 huàn, huan call Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 奐 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
奐
奐 Sound component
be numerous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaːns
Unicodehuɑ̀n

說文解字

𧦝也。从口奐聲。古通用奐。

Sources

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