zhàn​wěn

stand firm

zhàn stand up

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
stand
Sound component
zhàn divine

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrteːms

Sources

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

wěn settled, stable Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk

grain

Simplified component
urgent

Shorthand for the phonetic component in the traditional character .

Sources

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

wěn settled, stable Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk
Sound component
yǐn careful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷɯːnʔ
Unicodequə̌n

說文解字

《說文新附》:“穩,蹂穀聚也。一曰安也。从禾,隱省。古通用安隱。”

Sources

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