xuán​fú​chuāng

floating window

xuán hang Simplified

Components

SoundIconic component
xiàn county

Pictograph of a severed head () hanging on a rope () from a tree ().

Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Sources

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

to float

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
captive

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjuwm.b(r)ufloat (v.)
Zhengzhangbu
Unicodebhiou

說文解字

氾也。从水孚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

chuāng window

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xué, jué cave

A window is a "hole" in the wall.

SoundMeaning component
cōng chimney

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrhaewngs-l̥ˤ<r>oŋ window

說文解字

《說文》:“囱,在牆曰牖,在屋曰囱。象形。窗,或从穴,,古文。”

Sources

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

xuán hang Traditional

Components

SoundIconic component
xiàn county

Pictograph of a severed head () hanging on a rope () from a tree ().

Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwenN-kʷˤe[n] (error in B&S 2014, should be *Cə.[g]ʷˤe[n] to account for Mǐn)suspend

Sources

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