yūn​dǎo HSK7

faint

yūn halo in sky, dizzy Simplified

Simplified form of . Depicts thin clouds surrounding the sun (). The thin clouds were later replaced by the phonetic component . The meaning later shifted to "dizzy" and "faint".

Components

Iconic component
sun

Depicts the sun.

Sound component
jūn army

Sources

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

dào, dǎo fall over

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Sound component
dào, dao go to

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttawXtˤawʔ turn upside down (v.i.)
tawHtˤawʔ-s turn over, invert; pour

說文解字

《說文新附》:“倒,仆也。从人,到聲。”

Sources

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

yūn halo in sky, dizzy Traditional

Depicts thin clouds surrounding the sun (). The thin clouds were later replaced by the phonetic component . The meaning later shifted to "dizzy" and "faint".

Components

Iconic component
sun

Depicts the sun.

Sound component
jūn army

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɢuns
Unicodengiuən

說文解字

《說文新附》:“暈,日月气也。从日,軍聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica