shùn​cí

paramagnetic

shùn obey, follow Simplified

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

Components

Sound component
chuān stream
Meaning component
page

Depicts a head.

Sources

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

magnetic

Components

Meaning component
shí stone

stone

Sound component
zī, cí now

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhang

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

shùn obey, follow Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
chuān stream
Meaning component
(head), page

Depicts a head.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
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 Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzywinHCə.lu[n]-s follow; obey

說文解字

《說文》:“順,理也。从頁、从巛。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica