guǎn public building Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
shí eat

is a component form of .

Sound component
guān official

Sources

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

táo pottery

A mound  of clay  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
hill, place
SoundMeaning component
táo, yáo pottery

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbl'uː
luː
Unicodedhɑu

說文解字

再成丘也,在濟陰。从𨸏匋聲。《夏書》曰:“東至于陶丘。”陶丘有堯城,堯嘗所居,故堯號陶唐氏。

Sources

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

guǎn public building Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
eat

is a component form of .

Sound component
guān official

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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwanH[k]ˤo[n]ʔ-s lodging-house

說文解字

《說文》:“館,客舍也。从食,官聲。《周禮》:‘五十里有市,市有館,館有積,以待朝聘之客。’”

Sources

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