yùn​chuán

seasick

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

chuán ship

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zhōu boat
Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzywenCə.lo[n] boat

說文解字

《說文》:“船,舟也。从舟,鉛省聲。”

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