亂
luàn HSK3

confusion, mess

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Original meaning: untangle threads

Depicts two hands (爪, 又) organizing tangled threads.

Components

𤔔
𤔔 SoundIconic component
luàn (untangle threads), to govern

Depicts two hands (𠬪) untangling threads (幺) on a silk frame.

乚
乚 Distinguishing component
yǐn, yà turning stroke

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 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 Qin 221-206 BC
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 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-SagartlwanH[r]ˤo[n]-s disorder, rebellion

說文解字

《說文》：“亂，治也。从乙。乙，治之也。从。”

Sources

Character origin
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)