缓步 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

huǎn slow Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 爰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 緩.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

爰 Sound component

yuán pull, draw, lead on

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

bù step

Pictograph of one foot in front of another, depicting footsteps.

Components

止 Iconic component

zhǐ (foot), stop

𣥂 Iconic component

tà (foot), to trample

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Component uses

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	buH	mə-bˤa-s	step

說文解字

《說文》：“步，行也。从止，相背。”

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)

huǎn slow Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 爰 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

爰 Sound component

yuán pull, draw, lead on

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwanX	[ɢ]ʷˤa[n]ʔ	slack; slow
Zhengzhang		ɢʷaːnʔ
Unicode	huɑ̌n

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

缓 huǎn slow Simplified

Components

Sources

步 bù step

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

Iconic (1)

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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緩 huǎn slow Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

huǎn slow Simplified

bù step

huǎn slow Traditional