juān contribute

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
yuàn, yuān to be satiated

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywen[ɢ]ʷenabandon; remove
Zhengzhangɢʷen
Unicodeiuɛn

說文解字

棄也。从手肙聲。

Sources

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

property Simplified

Components

Sound component
this
Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

property Traditional

Components

Sound component
this
Meaning component
bèi sea shell

money

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔse
Unicodetziɛ

說文解字

小罰以財自贖也。从貝此聲。漢律:民不繇,貲錢二十二。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica