丸
wán HSK7

small round object

  • edit character approved 丸 — "bend" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person bent over. Based on the original meaning "crooked", now written as 宛. → Pictograph of a person bent over. Based on the original meaning "bend", now written as 宛.
    Original meaning
    crooked → bend

    Changed: hint, original meaning

    edit character by Prismcool

  • edit character approved 丸 — "...on second thought, get rid of that semantic expansion claim" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person bent over. Based on the original meaning "crooked", now written as 宛. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill". → Pictograph of a person bent over. Based on the original meaning "crooked", now written as 宛.

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Final changes " by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person bent over. Based on the original meaning "crooked", now written as 宛. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Pictograph of a person bent over. Based on the original meaning "crooked", now written as 宛. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill".

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "changed origin to reflect recent theory" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Derived from 夗. Pictograph of a dying animal lying down. The meaning later shifted to "small round object", "pellet" and "pill". → Pictograph of a person bent over. Based on the original meaning "crooked", now written as 宛. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
    Original meaning
    crooked
    Sources

    Changed: hint, original meaning, sources

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Added source" by Prismcool
    Sources
    • 季旭昇《說文新證》p.726
    • + 劉釗《古文字構形學》p.128

    Changed: sources

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Typo" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Derived from 夗. Pictograph of a dying animal lying down. The meaning later shifted to "small round object", "pellet" and pill". → Derived from 夗. Pictograph of a dying animal lying down. The meaning later shifted to "small round object", "pellet" and "pill".

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Changed etymology " by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person bent over. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill". → Derived from 夗. Pictograph of a dying animal lying down. The meaning later shifted to "small round object", "pellet" and pill".
    Sources
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.726
    • - Wiktionary (JP)
    • - 鄔可晶《「丸」字續釋—從清華簡所見的一種「邍」字談起》

    Changed: hint, sources

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Typo" by Prismcool
    Sources
    • Wiktionary (JP)
    • + 鄔可晶《「丸」字續釋—從清華簡所見的一種「邍」字談起》
    • - 鄔可晶《「丸」字續釋——從清華簡所見的一種「邍」字談起》

    Changed: sources

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Added source" by Prismcool
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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Web version of source" by Prismcool
  • edit character approved 丸 — "Removed original form" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person bent over. Original form of 宛. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill". → Pictograph of a person bent over. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill".

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Added source " by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person bent down and curled up. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill". → Pictograph of a person bent over. Original form of 宛. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill".
    Sources

    Changed: hint, sources

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Rollback BTmjixx9epeiaiGDZ" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a dying animal lying down. Derived from 夗. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill". → Pictograph of a person bent down and curled up. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill".
    Sources

    Changed: hint, sources

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Derived " by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a dying animal lying down. Same in origin to 夗. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill". → Pictograph of a dying animal lying down. Derived from 夗. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill".

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Changed etymology" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person bent down and curled up. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill". → Pictograph of a dying animal lying down. Same in origin to 夗. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill".
    Sources

    Changed: hint, sources

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Rollback qTxeQNXymfJD7SZBY" by Prismcool
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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Source typo " by Prismcool
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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Fixed sources" by Prismcool
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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Added sources back in" by Prismcool
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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Changed etymology " by Prismcool
    Hint
    Derived from 夗. Pictograph of an animal that is almost about to die lying down. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill". → Pictograph of a person bent down and curled up. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill".
    Sources

    Changed: hint, sources

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Changed etymology " by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person curled up in a fetal position. Derived from 夗. Based on the original meaning, "curl up in a fetal position". The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill". → Derived from 夗. Pictograph of an animal that is almost about to die lying down. The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill".

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Adjustment" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person curled up in a fetal position. Corrupted from 夗. Based on the original meaning, "curl up in a fetal position". The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill". → Pictograph of a person curled up in a fetal position. Derived from 夗. Based on the original meaning, "curl up in a fetal position". The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill".

    Changed: hint

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "Changed etymology " by Prismcool
    Hint
    Depicts a small round object. → Pictograph of a person curled up in a fetal position. Corrupted from 夗. Based on the original meaning, "curl up in a fetal position". The meaning later shifted to "small round object" and "pellet, pill".
    Sources

    Changed: hint, original meaning, sources

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  • edit character approved 丸 — "verify" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Pictograph of a person bent over. Based on the original meaning "bend", now written as 宛. → Depicts a small round object.
    Sources

    Changed: hint, verified, sources

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