𬤰
huānhuàn

cheer

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 讙.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

讙 cheer Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjwonqʷʰar clamor, shout

說文解字

《說文》：“讙，譁也。从言，雚聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)