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浏 liú, liū clear Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 刘 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瀏.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

刘
刘 Sound component
liú surname

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Readings & variants
Unicode

览 lǎn look at Simplified

Components

见
见 Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

see

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

揽缆榄

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软 ruǎn flexible, soft, weak Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 耎 represents the sound. Simplified form of 軟.

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
欠
欠 Simplified component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

欠 is shorthand for the phonetic 耎 component in the variant character 輭.

Sources

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

件 jiàn piece

Depicts a person (亻) cutting a cow (牛) into pieces.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

牛
牛 Meaning component
niú cow

Character Evolution

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-SagartgjenX[g]r[a][n]ʔ (no pre-Qín exx?)item

說文解字

《說文》：“件，分也。从人，从牛。牛，大物，故可分。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

瀏 clear Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 劉 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

劉
劉 Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangm·ru
m·ruʔ

說文解字

流清皃。从水劉聲。《詩》曰：“𤄉其清矣。”

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

覽 lǎn look at Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components

見
見 Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see
監
監 SoundMeaning component
jiān watch carefully

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

欖攬纜

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːmʔ
Unicodelɑ̌m

說文解字

《說文》：“覽，觀也。从見、監，監亦聲。”

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

軟 ruǎn flexible, soft, weak Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 耎 represents the sound.

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
耎
耎 Simplified component
ruǎn, nuò flexible, soft, weak

欠 is shorthand for the phonetic 耎 component in the variant character 輭.

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnjonʔ
Unicodenjiuɛ̌n

Sources

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