愨
què

sincerity

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰroːɡ

說文解字

謹也。从心𣪊聲。

Sources

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

悫 què sincerity Simplified

Components

士
士 Sound component
shì, shi scholar, soldier
冗
冗 Unknown component
rǒng excessive
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

heart

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode