絮烦
xù​fán

tedious prattle

絮 xù, chù, nǜ waste cotton

Phonosemantic compound. 糸 represents the meaning and 如 represents the sound.

Components

糸
糸 Meaning component
mì, sī silk
如
如 Sound component
rú be like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蕠

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjoHs-na-sraw silk, floss
Zhengzhangrnaːs
nas
snas
nas
Unicodesiù

說文解字

敝緜也。从糸如聲。

Sources

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

烦 fán, fan bother, trouble Simplified

Depicts fire (火) in the head (页), i.e. a headache. Simplified form of 煩.

Components

火
火 Iconic component
huǒ fire
页
页 Iconic component
yè page

Depicts a head.

Sources

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

煩 fán, fan bother, trouble Traditional

Depicts fire (火) in the head (頁), i.e. a headache.

Components

火
火 Iconic component
huǒ fire
頁
頁 Iconic component
yè (head), page

Depicts a head.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjon[b]a[n] troubled

說文解字

《說文》：“煩，熱頭痛也。从頁，从火。一曰焚省聲。”

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)