Originally a pictograph of a window. Nowadays sometimes used as a sad-face emoticon.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kjwaengX | k-mraŋʔ (dialect: *k.mr- > *kʷr-) | bright window |
說文解字
《說文》：“囧，窗牖麗廔闓明。象形。讀若獷。賈侍中說讀與明同。”
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)