喚
huàn

call

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)

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