xuànxún

to move one's eyes

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components

SoundRemnant component
yún equal
Meaning component
eye

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Western Zhou 1045-771 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》:“,目搖也。从目,勻省聲。眴,或从旬。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica