训 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xùn HSK3

teach, train

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訓.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

川 Sound component

chuān stream

Change in sound

训 and 川 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
训 *l̥u[n]-s (W dialect: *l̥- > x- )
川 *t.l̥u[n] (MC -jwen is irregular)

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

xun, xùn teach, train Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán speech

川 Sound component

chuān stream

Change in sound

訓 and 川 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
訓 *l̥u[n]-s (W dialect: *l̥- > x- )
川 *t.l̥u[n] (MC -jwen is irregular)

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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

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

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xjunH	l̥u[n]-s (W dialect: *l̥- > x- )	instruct

說文解字

《說文》：“訓，說教也。从言，川聲。”

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)