攣
luán

tangled

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

手
手 Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand
䜌
䜌 Sound component
luán tie together

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangb·ron
Unicodeliuɛn

說文解字

係也。从手䜌聲。

Sources

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

挛 luán, liàn tangled Simplified

Components

亦
亦 Unknown component
yì also
手
手 Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand

hand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode