piāo​juǎn

flutter

piāo whirlwind Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
fēng wind
Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

juǎn, juàn curl, roll

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components

Sound component
juǎn to roll rice into a ball
Meaning component
jié person kneeling

Depicts a person with bent knees.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 9 verified)

Meaning (2 of 5 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjwenX[k](r)o[n]ʔ roll (v.)
gjwen[g]ʷren handsome

說文解字

《說文》:“卷,厀曲也。从卪,聲。”

Sources

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

piāo whirlwind Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
fēng wind
Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰew
bew
Unicodepiɛu

說文解字

回風也。从風㶾聲。

Sources

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