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Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 員 represents the sound. Originally written as 員.
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hjwen | ɢʷ<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)