螺旋桨
luó​xuán​jiǎng

propeller

螺 luó spiral shell

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

累
累 Sound component
lèi, lěi tired

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlwak.rˤojspiral, snail
Zhengzhangroːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

旋 xuán revolve

An army 方 marching under a flag 疋

Components

方
方 Meaning component
fāng, fang square
疋
疋 Meaning component
pǐ, shū, yǎ foot

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

璇漩镟

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

璇漩

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzjwens-ɢʷenturn around; return
zjwenHs-ɢʷen-swhorl of hair on the head
Zhengzhangsɢʷan
sɢʷans
Unicodeziuɛn

說文解字

周旋，旌旗之指麾也。从㫃从疋。疋，足也。

Sources

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

桨 jiǎng oar Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 将 represents the sound.

Components

将
将 SoundRemnant component
jiāng, jiàng will
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Sources

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

槳 jiǎng oar Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 將 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
將
將 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng take

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaŋʔ
Unicodetziɑ̌ng

Sources

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