Depicts a flag on a flagpole flying in the wind.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'jonX | qarʔ | fluttering streamer |
說文解字
《說文》：“，旌旗之游，蹇之皃。从中曲而下，垂。相出入也。讀若偃。古人名字子游。，古文字象形，及象旌旗之游。”
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)