sù​yuán

karmic bond

宿 sù, xiǔ lodge, sleep overnight

Depicts a person () sleeping on a bamboo mat () under a roof ().

Components

Iconic component
mián roof
Iconic component
rén person
Iconic component
tiàn a mat

Depicts a bamboo mat. Later corrupted to unrelated .


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjuwk[s]uk spend the night
sjuwH[s]uk-s "mansion" of the zodiac (where the moon is found on successive nights)

說文解字

《說文》:“,止也。从宀,聲。,古文夙。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.597
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

yuán hem Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
tuàn, shǐ a hog

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

yuán hem Traditional

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
tuàn, shǐ a hog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywenlongo along, follow
Zhengzhanglon
lons
Unicodeiuɛn

說文解字

衣純也。从糸彖聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica