嶙峋
lín​xún

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嶙 lín, lǐn precipitous

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

粦
粦 Sound component
lín will-o'-the wisp, phosphorus

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrin
rinʔ

說文解字

嶙峋，深崖皃。从山粦聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

峋 xún ranges of hills stretching on beyond another irregular peaks

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 旬 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
旬
旬 Sound component
xún ten-day period

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsqʰʷin

說文解字

嶙峋也。从山旬聲。

Sources

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