desire strongly

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see
Sound component
yú, shù surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

desire strongly Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see
Sound component
yú, shù surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglo
los

說文解字

欲也。从見俞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica