侨眷
qiáo​juàn

overseas Chinese relatives

侨 qiáo, jiǎo sojourn Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 乔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 僑.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

乔
乔 Sound component
qiáo, jiǎo tall

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

眷 juàn take interest in

Components

龹
龹 Sound component
juǎn to roll rice into a ball
目
目 Meaning component
mù eye

eye

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjwenH[k]ro[n]-slook on with affection
Zhengzhangkrons
Unicodegyuɛ̀n

說文解字

顧也。从目𢍏聲。《詩》曰：“乃眷西顧。”

Sources

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

僑 sojourn Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 喬 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

喬
喬 Sound component
tall

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡrew

說文解字

高也。从人喬聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)