浑源县 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

hún muddy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound. Simplified form of 渾.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

军 Sound component

jūn army

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

yuán spring

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

原 Sound Meaning component

yuán source

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngjwon	N-ɢʷar	spring, source

Sources

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

xiàn county Simplified

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Simplified form of 縣. Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 首 than it was in ancient scripts.

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 木 than it was in ancient scripts.

系 Deleted component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (1)

悬

Iconic (1)

悬

Sources

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

hún muddy Traditional

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

軍 Sound component

jūn army

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwon	[ɡ]ˤ[u]r	chaotic
	hwonX	[ɡ]ˤurʔ	chaotic
Zhengzhang		ɡuːn
		ɡuːnʔ
Unicode	huən
	huə̌n

說文解字

混流聲也。从水軍聲。一曰洿下皃。

Sources

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

xiàn county Traditional

Original meaning: suspend, hang

Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend", now written as 懸. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

首 Iconic component

shǒu head

Depicts a severed head.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 首 than it was in ancient scripts.

木 Iconic component

mù tree

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 木 than it was in ancient scripts.

系 Iconic component

xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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Component uses

Sound (1)

懸

Iconic (1)

懸

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwenH	Cə.[g]ʷˤe[n]-s	district
	hwen	[g]ʷˤe[n]	suspend

說文解字

《說文》：“縣，繫也。从系持。”

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)

浑 hún muddy Simplified

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源 yuán spring

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县 xiàn county Simplified

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Sound (1)

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渾 hún muddy Traditional

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說文解字

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縣 xiàn county Traditional

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Sound (1)

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hún muddy Simplified

yuán spring

xiàn county Simplified

hún muddy Traditional

xiàn county Traditional