缓降 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

jiàng, xiáng descend

Depicts two feet (夅) descending down a hill (阝).

Components

阝 Iconic component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜. Depicts a hill.

夅 Sound Iconic component

jiàng, xiáng to descend

Depicts two feet walking down a hill.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kaewngH	kˤruŋ-s (? < *-[u]m-s)	descend
	haewng	m-kˤru[ŋ] (? < *-[u]m)	submit

說文解字

《說文》：“降，下也。从，夅聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫張世超《金文形義通解》p.3353
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

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降 jiàng, xiáng descend

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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緩 huǎn slow Traditional

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Character Evolution

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huǎn slow Simplified

jiàng, xiáng descend

huǎn slow Traditional