wēn

hearse

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

cart

Unknown component
qiú prisoner
Sound component
mǐn, mǐng dish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangquːn

說文解字

臥車也。从車𥁕聲。

Sources

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

wēn hearse Simplified

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

cart

Sound component
wēn to feed a prisoner

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode