yūn​jué

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

jué personal pronoun he

Original meaning: to shoot stones

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to shoot stones". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Meaning component
chǎng cliff, (roof)
Sound component
jué uprising qi counterflow

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 11 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjwotkot (3p possessive pronoun)

說文解字

《說文》:“厥,發石也。从厂,欮聲。”

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