qiànxiàn

like

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthenXN-[k]ˤenʔ to be like

說文解字

《說文》:“俔,譬諭也。一曰閒見。从人,从見。《詩》曰:‘俔天也妹。’”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

qiàn, xiàn like Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode