Qú​tán

Gautama

qú, jù, jí surname

A bird  with two wide eyes 

Components

Meaning component
eye
Meaning component
eye
Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgju[ɡ]ʷ(r)aa kind of lance
Zhengzhangkʷas
ɡʷa
Unicodeghio

說文解字

鷹隼之視也。从隹从䀠,䀠亦聲。凡瞿之屬皆从瞿。讀若章句之句。

Sources

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

tán, yù become cloudy Simplified

Depicts the sun () behind a cloud (). Simplified form of .

Components

Iconic component
sun
Iconic component
yún clouds

Sources

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

become cloudy Traditional

Depicts the sun () behind a cloud ().

Components

Iconic component
sun
Iconic component
clouds

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangduːm

說文解字

《說文新附》:“曇,雲布也。从日、雲會意。”

Sources

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