徐铉
Xú Xuàn

Xu Xuan

徐 xú slowly

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

余
余 Sound component
yú I

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzjosə.lawalk slowly
Zhengzhanglja
Unicodeziu

說文解字

安行也。从彳余聲。

Sources

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

铉 xuàn device for carrying a tripod Simplified

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

玄
玄 Sound component
xuán, xuàn black

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鉉 device for carrying a tripod Traditional

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

玄
玄 Sound component
xuán, xuàn black

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷeːn

說文解字

舉鼎也。《易》謂之鉉，《禮》謂之鼏。从金玄聲。

Sources

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