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quàn HSK5

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Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.

Components

力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power
雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjwonHC.qʷʰar-sencourage
Zhengzhangkʰons
Unicodekiuæ̀n

說文解字

勉也。从力雚聲。

Sources

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

劝 quàn recommend Simplified

The power 力 beside 又 the throne

Components

又
又 Meaning component
yòu again
力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode