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囝
jiǎn

baby

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

A baby 子 in a crib 囗

Components

囗
囗 Meaning component
wéi, guó surround
子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkranʔ

Sources

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