juān'āi

negligible

juān, yuàn, xuàn brook

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
yuàn, yuān to be satiated

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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷeːn
Unicodeguen

說文解字

小流也。从水肙聲。《爾雅》曰:“汝爲涓。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

āi fine dust

Components

Meaning component
earth

earth

Sound component
yǐ, xián particle of completed action

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔojqˤədust
Zhengzhangqlɯː
Unicodeqəi

說文解字

塵也。从土矣聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica