諺
yàn

proverb

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words 言; 彥 provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
彥
彥 SoundMeaning component
elegant

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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-SagartngjenHŋra[n]-s saying, proverb

說文解字

《說文》：“諺，傳言也。从言，彥聲。”

Sources

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