葵扇
kuí​shàn

palm-leaf fan

葵 kuí sunflower

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 癸 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

癸
癸 Sound component
guǐ 10th heavenly stem

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjwijgʷij mallow

說文解字

《說文》：“葵，菜也。从艸，癸聲。”

Sources

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

扇 shàn, shān fan

A feathered 羽 fan in the shape of a folding door 户

Components

户
户 Meaning component
hù, hu door
羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather

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 2 verified)

煽骟

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

煽

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyenH[l̥ ][a][r]-sleaf of door (: fan?)
Zhengzhanghljen
hljens
Unicodeshiɛ̀n

說文解字

扉也。从戶，从翄聲。

Sources

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