xī​han HSK7

cherish

rare

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk
Sound component
hope

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanghlɯl
Unicodexiəi

說文解字

䟽也。从禾希聲。

Sources

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

hǎn, hàn rare

Original meaning: bird trap

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bird trap". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Meaning component
wǎng net
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

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

Component uses

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Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxanXqʰˤa[r]ʔ rare
xanXqʰˤa[r]ʔ net

說文解字

《說文》:“,网也。从网,干聲。”

Sources

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