wǎn'é

funerary tablet

wǎn to pull

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
miǎn (hat), avoid

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmonʔ
Unicodemiæ̌n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

é forehead Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
page
Sound component
guest

Sources

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

é forehead Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
(head), page
Sound component
guest

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngaekC.ŋˤrak (no pre-Qín exx?)forehead

Sources

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