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zhǔn HSK1

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Original meaning: water-level

Simplified form of 準. Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 隼 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "water-level", a tool to check the flatness of surfaces. The meaning later shifted to "accurate", "rule", and "approve".

Components

冫
冫 Simplified component
bīng ice

Shorthand for the 氵 (water) component in the traditional character 準.

隹
隹 Simplified component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Shorthand for the 隼 (sǔn) component in the traditional character 準.

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷjinʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica