圆秃
yuán​tū

alopecia areata

圆 yuán circle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 员 represents the sound. Simplified form of 圓.

Components

囗
囗 Meaning component
wéi, guó surround
员
员 Sound component
yuán member

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

秃 tū bald Simplified

Grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 几

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
几
几 Meaning component
jǐ, jī small table

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

颓

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

颓

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodetuk

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

圓 yuán circle Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 員 represents the sound. Originally written as 員.

Components

囗
囗 Meaning component
wéi, guó surround
員
員 Sound component
yuán member

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

袁

Remnant (1)

袁

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjwenɢʷ<r>en round

說文解字

《說文》：“圓，圜。全也。从囗，員聲，讀若員。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

禿 tū bald Traditional

Grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 儿

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
儿
儿 Meaning component
r, ér child

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

頹

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

頹

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthuwk[tʰ]ˤokbald
Zhengzhangtʰoːɡ

說文解字

無髮也。从人，上象禾粟之形，取其聲。凡禿之屬皆从禿。王育說：蒼頡出見禿人伏禾中，因以制字。未知其審。

Sources

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