Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | sɢʷan | |
| sɢʷans | ||
| Unicode | ziuɛ̀n |
說文解字
圜鑪也。从金旋聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Simplified
Depicts a foot (止) maneuvering underneath a flag (㫃), conveying the meaning "revolve". The 止 component was later reanalyzed as 疋.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | zjwen | s-ɢʷen | turn around; return |
| zjwenH | s-ɢʷen-s | whorl of hair on the head |
說文解字
《說文》：“旋，周旋，旌旗之指麾也。从，从疋。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 徐中舒《甲骨文字典》p.733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)